When Margaret attempts to give Big Daddy his present from Brick, another catty exchange between Margaret, Mae, and Big Mama ensues, and Big Daddy bellows for everyone to be quiet. Brick comments that he doesn’t see how she could have a child with a man who can’t stand her and won’t sleep with her.Īt this point, the guests arrive in Brick and Margaret’s suite, with Big Daddy in the lead.
Margaret informs Brick that she’s been to a gynecologist in Memphis and is in perfect shape to bear children. Brick hurls his crutch across the room at her while she hides behind the bed. She talks about how close Brick and Skipper were, claiming that she and Skipper made love in order to feel closer to Brick. Brick warns her to stop talking about Skipper, threatening her with his crutch, but Margaret continues. Restless again, Margaret murmurs that she made her mistake when she told Brick about her fling with Skipper. When Brick exits the bathroom, Margaret reveals that Big Daddy and Big Mama were given false reports-Big Daddy is in fact dying of cancer, and Big Mama will be informed after the party. Big Mama exits, leaving Margaret indignant and alone. Big Mama then asks Margaret, quietly, whether Brick’s been drinking or not, and then asks, more pointedly, whether Margaret makes Brick happy in bed, insinuating that it’s Margaret’s fault Brick has turned to alcohol. Brick, hiding in the bathroom, doesn’t respond, and Big Mama tells him and Margaret to get dressed before everyone comes upstairs for Big Daddy’s party. She reports that the tests for cancer came back negative, and all he has is a spastic colon. They pause for a few moments before laughing, just as Big Mama calls through the door.īig Mama says she has wonderful news about Big Daddy. The two struggle as Margaret attempts to seize Brick, who pulls away violently and grabs a small chair to shield himself from her.
Margaret tries to get Brick to sign a card for Big Daddy’s birthday present, but Brick refuses. Margaret says Brick looks just as fit as he did before he started drinking though, and reminisces about what a wonderful lover Brick used to be. In a suite at Big Daddy’s mansion on his estate, Brick showers and dries off as Margaret complains first about Gooper and Mae, and then about Brick’s behavior, which has involved quitting work, drinking, and breaking his ankle while attempting to jump hurdles on a high school track field.
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