One of my favorite plays is “A Cat On a Hot Tin Roof.”
I’ve always enjoyed Tennessee Williams writings. Often there is an anti-hero who speaks bitter truth. In the tortured souls of his characters, he often exposes the dark side of life.
In 1958, Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman filmed the screen adaption of the play. It’s a great movie even though in the 50s era they had to sanitize the realities Williams words.
I have often blogs about my headaches. My last post was in anticipation of my third Botox treatment.
As I write this blog post, I’m sitting in the dark in the middle of the night with a headache.
If I should take the Norco or just tough it out.
Newman’s character “Brick” had a confrontation with his father about secrets and “mendacity.”
Brick stressed alcohol is the only way to deal with the stress of living.
As I contemplate this pain, this line in the play/movie resonates to me
“Like a switch clicking off in my head. Turns the hot light off and the cool. All of a sudden, there's peace.”
Tough....
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