It's preatty hard to belive that big daddy couldn't accept a gay son,so what are your toughts about it?
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My thoughts...
Back in 1958 when this film was first screened, homosexuality in men was unacceptable in certain social circles. Therefore, most men were 'in the closet'. Big Daddy, being a macho kind of man, probably would see his son as a reflection of himself, making it difficult to accept homosexuality as part of his makeup.
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You may be interested to read another thread... Is Brick really gay?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051459/board/flat/7063984?p=1
There's a good discussion on there.
This discussion is really more relevant to the play than to the movie, since any mention of homosexually (implicit or explicit) was removed from the film.
However, to answer your question, Big Daddy actually is tolerant of homosexuals and would probably be understanding and accepting of Brick IF Brick was gay, which I don't think he is. The plantation that Big Daddy owns was originally run by a homosexual couple, Jack Straw and Peter Ochello, who took Big Daddy in when he was just a poor trashy kid. Also, in the play, Big Daddy tells Brick that he's hoboed all over the country, slept in flophouses, boxcars, etc., seen homosexual hoboes - possibly even participated himself.
Big Daddy is not gay, nor is Brick, I believe, but Big Daddy is unique in that, under his bluster, he's a compassionate and understanding man.
"Oooh, such heat this morning. I don't need this jacket!"
Just went and re-read that scene from the play. Big Daddy is very understanding. The two men that used to run the plantation and even sleep in Brick and Maggie's room were gay. Big Daddy says that when one died the other man stopped eating and died soon after. He tries to make it clear that he does understand this sort of thing to a degree.
Big Daddy mentions that he 'knocked around' in his day, but I don't think he means homosexuality. I don't think Brick is gay. Curious at one time maybe. He makes is clear that it was just a 'real, real, deep, deep, friendship.' Here's a piece from that scene that shows how far things actually went:
Brick: '...Oh, once in a while he'd put his hand on my shoulder or I'd put mine on his or maybe when we were touring the country in pro-football and shared hotel-rooms we'd reach across the space between the two beds and shake hands to say goodnight, yeah, once or twice we-'
The scene goes on to say that eventually Skipper came to the conclusion that he was in love with Brick, told him, was hung up on, died soon after and Brick starts drinking.
Skipper was gay not Brick and most certainly not Big Daddy.
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Sexuality is rarely binary. Most people aren't 100% gay or 100% straight. There's even a scale to measure by: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinsey_scale.
Brick could be attracted to men, women, or both. Or one sometimes and the other at other times. We're all pretty varied, we humans.
Brick was moved by his loss of Skipper. He clearly felt something, probably a sexual attraction. At the very least, he felt a lot of guilt about his treatment of Skipper, and grief at his death.
None of that means he couldn't feel any attraction to Maggie.
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