A scene from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1958
Big Mama

Oh shoot, Maggie, you just don't like children.

Maggie

Why that's not true! I adore them - well brought up.

Big Mama

Well why don't you have some then and bring them up well instead of all the time pickin' on Gooper's an' Mae's?

Maggie

...Big Mama, what you said about havin' children, it's still kind of a secret but...

Big Mama

Oh shoot, Maggie, stop playing so dumb. I mean, is he still drinkin' this stuff much?

Maggie

Oh, well he may have had a little highball...

Big Mama

Don't laugh about it! Some single men stop drinking when they get married. Others start. Brick never touched liquor before he was...

Maggie

[crying out]

THAT'S NOT FAIR.

Big Mama

Fair or not fair. I want to ask you a question, one question: 'Do ya make Brick happy?' Well?

Maggie

Why don't you ask me if he makes me happy?

Big Mama

Cause I know that ...

Maggie

It works both ways.

Big Mama

Somethin' ain't right. You're childless and our son drinks... [she pats the bed for emphasis] When a marriage goes on the rocks, the rocks are there, right there!

Maggie

[now alone in the room]

That's not fair.

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