"Without ever having seen it on stage, my idea would be to put in some character development for the brothers and the women and to check in with the women prior to the kidnapping scene. where we'd see how bored they are with their more conventional suitors and how they're pining for the brothers. Then, when it becomes clear to them that the brothers have come to get them, give them the agency to decide to go with the brothers, while also putting on a public show for the town of being taken against their wills to save their reputations. The conflict later then arises from the men not actually bringing a preacher along to marry them and how stupid that is and how pissed off the women are to have gone through all this only to not be able to marry. "
I think that's a very thoughtful idea, and so much better than how that sequence is actually handled in the film. It certainly doesn't solve all the plot problems, especially not what happens when the pass is finally clear and the men of the town come to get the women, but I still appreciate your thoughts and I think you're on to something :-) |
