What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that the characters in this movie lie to each other and keep secrets from each other. One of the characters is an alcoholic.
- Families can talk about the lies that the characters tell each other. Why does Maggie compare herself to a cat on a hot tin roof? What is the roof, and what makes it hot? Why won't Brick agree to get Maggie pregnant? Who is he mad at? Why? Why does Brick have such contempt for himself? What does Skipper's death have to do with it? What makes Brick change his mind?