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    Today\'s Events
    • "Twenty Original American Etchings" at Hunter Museum of American Art
    • Ruby Falls’ “Deck the Falls” at Ruby Falls, 8am
    • "Jellies: The Living Art" Exhibition at Hunter Museum of American Art, 10am
    • Tennessee Aquarium’s Tropical Holiday Adventure at Tennessee Aquarium, 10am
    • Works by Susan Dryfoos-Solo Show from New York at Gallery 1401, 11am
    • Holiday BazART Exhibition at In Town Gallery, 5pm
    • Ladies of Lee at Enchanted Garden of Lights at Rock City Gardens, 6pm
    • Mark Merriman at The Enchanted Garden of Lights at Rock City Gardens, 6pm
    • C.S. Lewis Society Book Club, "Mere Christianity" at Rock Point Books, 7pm
    • Priscilla and Lil Ricky at The Chattanoogan, 7:30pm
    • "Regrets Only" at Chattanooga Theater Center, 8pm
    • Deep Machine, ID and the SuperEgo's, Surreal at Ziggy's Package Store, 8pm
    • The Mystery of Flight 138 at Vaudeville Cafe , 8:30pm
    • Black Cat Moon at T-Bone's Sports Cafe, 10pm

    Tomorrow\'s Events
    • Creative Discovery Museum’s Exhibit “Good For You” Nov '09-May '10 at Creative Discovery Museum
    • Echoes Exhibit at River Gallery
    • "Twenty Original American Etchings" at Hunter Museum of American Art
    • Meet-the-Artist Event: Jeff McKinley at River Gallery, 10am
    • Works by Susan Dryfoos-Solo Show from New York at Gallery 1401, 11am
    • Art Until Dark at Winder Binder Gallery of Folk Art, 12pm
    • "The Screwtape Letters" at Tivoli Theatre, 4pm
    • Holiday BazART Exhibition at In Town Gallery, 5pm
    • Mark Merriman at The Enchanted Garden of Lights at Rock City Gardens, 6pm
    • Artifax Pereo, Everybody Loves The Hero, Seventh Under Tragic at Club Fathom, 7:30pm
    • Priscilla and Lil Ricky at The Chattanoogan, 8pm
    • Bluegrass Pharoahs at Market Street Tavern, 9pm

    Later Events
    • Works by Susan Dryfoos-Solo Show from New York at Gallery 1401, 11am
    • Rock City Gardens’ “Enchanted Garden of Lights” 6-9 pm daily at Rock City Gardens, 6pm
    • Sorry Dad and Indian Friend at JJ's Bohemia, 10pm
    • "The Kennedy's: Portrait of a Family" at Hunter Museum of American Art
    • "Reflections" Exhibit at Shuptrine Fine Art Group
    • Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Cinema Opera at Rave Motion Pictures, 1pm
    • The Christmas Music of Mannheim Steamroller by Chip Davis at Memorial Auditiorium at Memorial Auditorium, 7pm
    • Holiday BazART Exhibition at In Town Gallery, 5pm
    • North Pole Limited at Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
    • Chattanooga State Concert Choir at Rock City Gardens at Rock City Gardens, 6pm
    • Jazz Photography by Milt Hinton at Chattanooga African-American Museum
    • Creative Discovery Museum’s Exhibit “Good For You” Nov '09-May '10 at Creative Discovery Museum
    • Irish Music Sessions at Tremont Tavern, 6pm
    • Chattanooga Choo Choo Holiday Packages at Chattanooga Choo Choo

    Cat Still Dances on That Hot Tin Roof

    Written by Amanda Woods
    November 25, 2008 – 12:07 pm


    Written by Helen Houses
    Tuesday, 25 November 2008 19:38

    What’s that smell in this room? Didn’t you notice it, Brick? Didn’t you notice the 548aecatpowerful and obnoxious odor of mendacity in this room?”
    -Big Daddy Pollitt, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, must have raised a few well-plucked eyebrows when it premiered in 1955. Those who are familiar only with the excellent, but bowdlerized, film version with Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor and Burl Ives may not realize just how many punches Williams didn’t pull in the original script.
    Closeted male homosexuality, frustrated female heterosexuality, greed, alcoholism, emotional cruelty and of course, the above-mentioned “mendacity” are all on view, framed in classic Williams drenched-in-Southern-honey prose.

    It always comes as a surprise to re-discover that, although we may find our Tenn a tad florid for modern tastes, his insight into human character-and impeccable stagecraft-hold up beautifully in a well-done modern production.


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