# "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" (SDMB Musicals Group) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 15, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-brides-for-seven-brothers-sdmb-musicals-group/477288 "2008-12-15T20:45:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![greatshakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@greatshakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greatshakes)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-brides-for-seven-brothers-sdmb-musicals-group/477288/41 "2008-12-30T03:14:04Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > I find this movie disturbing. > > The courting plan Howard Keel brings to his brothers is the Rape of the Sabine Women? Well, as is pointed out in the song, (maybe not verbatim, here) “The women, they all acted annoyed.” “But, secretly, they were overjoyed!” So, it’s all right, you see!!😉 P.S. That was Julie Newmar in the role of Dorcas. Yowzah! ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-brides-for-seven-brothers-sdmb-musicals-group/477288/42 "2008-12-30T04:49:49Z")
She was hot there, but she was never, EVER hotter than as [Stupefyin’ Jones](http://www.doctormacro1.info/Images/Newmar,%20Julie/Newmar,%20Julie%20(Li%27l%20Abner)_01.jpg) in the musical [url="[Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos](http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Academy/8035/lilabnerlc.jpg)"L’il Abner (and yes, I’d put her Catwoman second to her Jones. 😛 ) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-brides-for-seven-brothers-sdmb-musicals-group/477288/43 "2008-12-30T14:43:24Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > She was hot there, but she was never, EVER hotter than as [Stupefyin’ Jones](http://www.doctormacro1.info/Images/Newmar,%20Julie/Newmar,%20Julie%20(Li%27l%20Abner)_01.jpg) in the musical [L’il Abner](http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Academy/8035/lilabnerlc.jpg) (and yes, I’d put her Catwoman second to her Jones. 😛 ) (fixed your link) (and damn, she did have some legs, didn’t she?) _L’il Abner_ was also choreographed by Michael Kidd, who did _7B7B_ – actually, I added it to my Netflix queue only yesterday, for that very reason. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-brides-for-seven-brothers-sdmb-musicals-group/477288/44 "2008-12-30T15:40:44Z")
> [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](#): > > Did your post get cut off? > > (That was me that mentioned _Remake_, in post #4 above. It’s not my favorite Connie Willis story. Her stuff is either hilarious or depressing, and seem to remember that this is one of the depressing ones.) Yes, my computer rebooted unexpectedly, and I thought I’d lost the whole post. Given a choice between hilarious or depressing, I’d pick depressing for this story. I didn’t bother to check what actually got posted, which was an incomplete thought–I’d meant to say that the commentary on the musicals was interesting. I’d also meant to comment on the costumes–Millie had several dresses which looked like quilts, and I love the improbably rainbow colored shirts that the brothers wear to the barn raising. I also was going to compare the seasons changing to two children’s classics (using the terms loosely) which I have recently watched with my nieces --one of which used real seasons and one of which faked things more obviously than this movie did–what can I say, it’s a Barney video. But now my internet time is almost up, and I’ve lost track of what I’d intended to write. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-brides-for-seven-brothers-sdmb-musicals-group/477288/45 "2008-12-30T16:20:23Z")
> [@Eureka](#): > > I’d also meant to comment on the costumes–Millie had several dresses which looked like quilts, and I love the improbably rainbow colored shirts that the brothers wear to the barn raising. … Apparently the costumer went around to thrift stores and bought up old quilts to make costumes out of – not only for Milly but also for the other girls (check out the birth scene). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seven-brides-for-seven-brothers-sdmb-musicals-group/477288.md?page=2)