The Kinsey Reports claimed that 10% of the American population at the time was gay. One of the most controversial concepts that these books stirred up was the concept of the fluidity of sexual orientation. These books were known as The Kinsey Reports, and they discussed the intricate and often shifting nature of human sexuality. However, in the years preceding the creation of Cat, two highly controversial books about the sex lives of humans were published. Think June Cleaver's hair and Pleasantville black-and-whiteness. Following the destruction and chaos of the two world wars, much of America trended toward the concept of the stable nuclear family. The play is about a Mississippi family and was written during a time that was in love with good ole family values and the shock-value of blue jeans. Written in 1955, in the midst of the Leave It To Beaver era in America, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof garnered Tennessee Williams his second Pulitzer Prize.
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