Do you think there was anything 'French' going on between Tom and Laura? - The Glass Menagerie (1987) Discussion

Yeah, I was kinda thinkin' the same thing. The ending doesn't help refute that either.

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[–] Fugitive_at_imdb 19 years ago

Well, I mean, it might also explain alot. Maybe Tom truly did set up the dinner date to fail from the beginning. Wanting to massacre the concept of his sister ever loving again. It sure did work, if that was his point.

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[–] primechoiceladee 19 years ago

I ALSO THOUGHT MAYBE THE BROTHER WAS HOMOSEXUAL. THAT COULD EXPLAIN ALL THOSE LATE NIGHT MOVIES. I DOUBT IF HE WOULD HIDE THE FACT THAT HE WAS ON A DATE WITH A WOMAN. INCEST AND HOMOSEXUALITY (WASN'T THE LATTER A TENN. WILLIAMS SPECIALTY?)

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[–] primechoiceladee 19 years ago

I TOO HAD THE SAME THOUGHT!!!!!!

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[–] BrianZKing-1 19 years ago

In that one scene where he comes back from the magic show, he does seem quite intimate with her, wrapping his arms around her and whispering in her ear and such.

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[–] ntbk_lvr 19 years ago

hey guys,

i don't know if any of you still read this board but tom was a drunk!!! i had to read the play for theater class. that is the reason for tom's late night movies and that was why he was so tipsy the night after the "magic" show. i hope this clears everything up.

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[–] wolfofmoonandsun 18 years ago

My English class had to read and then watch The Glass Menagerie recently. By the end, I didn't only believe there was something beyond sibling love between Tom and Laura, I loved the idea. There's a kind of sweetness to it--beautiful as a little glass statue, but delicate and waiting to be fractured.

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[–] upinomaha 18 years ago

I came to the conclusion that Tom was gay and his late nite trips did not take him to the movies. Anyone who has read Williams bio's can see the resemblence between this play and his own upbringing. More then anyother play of his. His poor sister was extrememly shy and ended up in an assylum. He lover her very much and was raised with her by an southern belle mother.

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[–] DramaQueenKate 18 years ago

I agree with upinomaha. I agree that Tom was gay, but I don't think there was any incest involved with Laura(ew. you're sickos for thinking that!). I was really suprised when I first read it that Tom didn't turn out to be gay and insisted that he was going to movies(I was like "yeah right" when I was reading it). And like upinomaha said, it's all based on Tenessee William's life, so why wouldn't Tom be gay?

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[–] katiewon 18 years ago

OF COURSE TOM WAS GAY...First of all, back then, gay men met at the midnight movies. Also, it is very possible that the father eluded to in the movie was also gay, this is why he left the family and the mother keeps saying she knows what he is doing because the father did the same thing.

I don't think there is incest with the siblings. If you are doing that, it's more a Shakespeare kinda thing, and you aren't out late almost every night coming home drunk. Also, you don't leave your sister. Or find her high school sweetheart at work and bring him home.

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[–] dogsandcats5 13 years ago

Actually the line Tom says "I am more faithful than I intended to be" was something Williams had to fight to keep in the 1950 version. The Hays office felt it suggested incest which appalled Williams.

I agree that Tom could be gay. However, I am positive that the relationship between the siblings was not sexual in any way.

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