in his dvd commentary, writer drew z. greenberg says that in his original conception of willow's confrontation with the homophobic men at the bronze, he intended for willow to cast a spell on the men so that they couldn't stop kissing each other. joss whedon vetoed the idea because he did not want to portray people's sexual orientation as changing in an instant and he did not want to portray same-sex kissing as a punishment.