Can anyone explain why the brother plays practically no role in the Furies? He doesent seem upset about it or anything, but as far as I saw they gave no explenation on why he wasnt going to inherit the Furies.
Thanks to anyone who can explain.
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shareI haven't read the novel the film was based on, but I bet that in both film and novel the brother was just there to give Vance someone neutral to talk to, and then got written out as quickly as possible as the whole conflict was about the father & daughter.
shareT.C. mentions at one point that Clay won't benefit.
sharei think tc just didn't really like his own son. they never seemed to get along and he and vance were bffs and he knew she could handle it. that was my impression.
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He will inherit the farm of his wife's father. TC never cared too much about him and wanted his daughter to have it all. After his wedding he moved to this other farm only to come back for special occasions.
Somebody here has been drinking and I'm sad to say it ain't me - Allan Francis Doyleshare
In the novel there are more then one brother. The son's must have been more like their mother. They are not interested the land in the same way that their father is. Vance, the daughter, is much more like the T.C. then his sons are.
shareIn the novel, we learn that T.C. cut Clay out of the will because Clay wasn't as good a kisser as his sister.
shareDad and Vance are cut from the same piece of cloth, forceful, commanding, intelligent, interested in everything about the ranch, and he knows she can do a great job. The son's a wimp. CJ would never leave his enormous ranch to anyone who would get easily pushed around. You can't imagine your empire continuing indefinitely that way.
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