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Title: Psychosexual subtext within the subtext
Review: What most seem to miss about this work is the subtext placed by Williams on the psychosexual drama at work not between Brick and Maggie, which is obvious, but between Brick and Big Daddy, which is much less so. The homo-incestual dynamic between Big Daddy, who can't stand the sight of Big Mamma, and his son, Brick, who can't stand the sight of Maggie, powers the drama, and is, ultimately, the great unspoken thing, beyond even Brick's relationship with Skipper. Williams can't allow Big Daddy to make love to his son, of course, and so both must die, the former in reality, the latter only symbolicly. Left completely out, of course, are the women, who seem to have no operative place in the resolution of the conflict, but who exist merely to provoke the men toward their ultimate confrontation.
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