Say in the remote areas of Alaska or northern Canada. With the recent revival or attempted revival of a number of 1960s and 70s series (Hawaii Five-O, The Dukes of Hazzard, Kolchak: The Night Stalker to name a few), I could see a revival of this set in the 21st Century with the Bolt Brothers, Aaron Stempel and Lottie Hatfield more or less as they are. Perhaps Clancy could be a bush pilot rather than a schooner captain.
Any thoughts?
[deleted]
I'm not disagreeing with that point. But how about if the brides were recruited from a country or countries that "export" a lot of mail-order brides anyway, like Russia, Ukraine or the Philippines? [I'm originally from the Philippines myself and wouldn't be offended by "ethnic stereotyping", but if too many people found that to be offensive ethnic stereotyping (as they do with the sitcom Outsourced), they can make it a fictitious or unnamed country.]
shareDon't see how this is sexist, keller. Here comes the brides was roughly based on a true story. The problem now a days is that you don't have entire towns where the male population has been wiped out by war.
In the kingdom of the blind, you're the village idiot.
This is showing on WeTV right now, so I came to this board.
And yes, I think it's incredibly sexist, at least in reality. The romanticized, white-washed version on "Brides" couldn't be made today because it would be laughed off the screen as impossibly naive and phony.
The truth of these situations -- women imported en masse for men -- is now rightly known as sexual slavery. It was (and is) an ugly thing -- and the women were not the prim, well-dressed creatures we see here, but prostitutes barely surviving.
For a much more realistic depiction of the phenomenon, see "McCabe & Mrs. Miller," a fine Warren Beatty film from 1970.
Well, not exactly the same thing, but I recently finished watching a onetime (it seems) series of six or so episodes called Alaskan Women: Looking For Love. A group of female friends leave Alaska and their tiny communities to find guys in Miami.
They were not necessarily looking to get *married.* I think such shows could work today if the goal were adjusted. "Here Come the Casual Flings," or something.
Umm, we have it. Its called The Bachelor. And yes, its very sexist.
Actually, in another wierd Star Trek tie-in, there was an episode of Star Trek called Mudd's Women (1966) where a group of women were being hauled across the galaxy to find husbands on a mining colony with no women.
hÄbinngTfoÜvlewwuthtHewkolfRïginkeeyvoeRd...
The premise of a whole group of women being moved at one time may not necessarily work for a modern setting. What would work is if the town/city itself ran an article over the internet, and in magazines advertising themselves as :BEST PLACE FOR SINGLE WOMEN, etc and not just on the premise of finding a husband. That way the modern day 'Brides" who might be interested could arrive on their own to see if the town/city was everything it was advertised to be. There would have to be the added caveats of work, employment opportunities, a good place for kids, etc. Many women today are single, but their lives are not just about finding a suitable mate. Women work today whether or not they are married, and many women single/married have children to provide for. Actually the "BRIDES" series did have the element of Candy being being a "mother figure" to her younger siblings, which I guess was an idea that could have been explored more, had the series ran longer. I believe that due to the fact this was considered a "family show" they had to write the premise that way, instead of Candy actually being a single mother herself,although she could have definately been a Civil War widow with children, as many women of that time period actually were.
shareI don't see HERE COME THE BRIDES as sexist. The women weren't just a bunch of hopeless women rounded up and shipped somewhere for men to choose from. They were independent and came there of their own free will. They wanted to be there. They were glad to go as a group so they could emotionally support one another. They had the power to choose or reject any relationship. A woman, Joan Blondell's character, came up with the idea of importing women.
Another good film you might want to check out is WESTWARD THE WOMEN (1951) starring Robert Ryan. It's about a group of women going by wagons to a settlement to find husbands. The women are not losers desperate for whatever they can get. They are portrayed as strong pioneer stock that would never be dominated and abused by men. When they arrive, Ryan as the wagon master addresses the men of the town and praises the strength and fortitude of the women.
It might give you another perspective on the historical custom of groups of women traveling far off to find husbands.
"All necessary truth is its own evidence." - Ralph Waldo Emerson