Seven Brides for Seven Brothers came on one of the old movie networks, so I raced to record it and spent one of my lowkey days watching it. My entire childhood was spent enamored with this movie, and I have to confess that my sisters and I played “Seven Brides” until an embarrassingly old age. We’d run around our backyard pretending to collect sorrel, having no clue what that actually was, and then spin around singing songs and fighting over which of us got to be Dorcus because she wound up with Benjamin and we all thought Benjamin was the cutest.
Watching it as an adult I’m far more in awe of the dance sequences, and far more uncomfortable with the whole kidnapping angle. But I suppose that since no one actually ended up being forced to marry someone against their will, it’s still OK, right? Stupid complicated adulthood getting in the way of my childhood appreciation.