Hilton Als Sizes Up Brick’s Behind
In his review of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” currently on Broadway starring Scarlett Johansson, my ex-colleague Hilton Als gets all cheeky and ass-esses Benjamin Walker, who plays Brick, thusly: ‘He doesn’t so much act as undress. When Brick turns away from his wife to put on his silk pajamas, we are given a long look at the actor’s rear end. I don’t think that’s what Williams had in mind when he described Brick as “ass-aching.‒
