Mastodawn

So, this used to be one of my father's favorite movies of all times.

I don't know what to do with that now*:

"Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is the grandest, most delightful, most ambitious MGM technicolor musical that was ever based on the story of a mass rape."

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* I'm being snarky with this

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/seven-brides-for-seven-brothers-an-explainer

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: An Explainer

“‘Seven Brides for Seven Brothers’ is the grandest, most delightful, most ambitious MGM technicolor musical that was ever based on the story of a mass rape.”...

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Janet

@azteclady i know, it has a PG certificate too!! It was my mother’s favourite film for many years until her teenage daughters objected to the actual story (in the 1980s) and her defence was that the Rape of the Sabine Women was classical (so that’s ok?). I could sing you all the songs I have seen it so often but I wouldn’t justify one minute of glorious Technicolor!