We just cut that line. It didn't feel weird to any of us; even with a mixed-sex army, Benedick is still a soldier and Beatrice isn't. We did keep the "God, that I were a man" speech, because what with all the men ganging up on Hero in the wedding scene, it's still a reasonable reaction; it's just that all of her lines are a little less in the way of needling Benedick for not acting sooner.
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Re: 63 Femslash
Date: 2018-08-13 04:41 am (UTC)WHOOPS ANONFAIL
We just cut that line. It didn't feel weird to any of us; even with a mixed-sex army, Benedick is still a soldier and Beatrice isn't. We did keep the "God, that I were a man" speech, because what with all the men ganging up on Hero in the wedding scene, it's still a reasonable reaction; it's just that all of her lines are a little less in the way of needling Benedick for not acting sooner.