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Re: Sound of Music
In fact the musical got savaged critically at the time, and many times since, for being bad history from all directions. It's not even close to the story of the Von Trapps, and takes liberties with historical matters as well. And, of course, most of the music is, well, Rogers & Hammerstein. And that's what none of us will ever get out of our minds. The music is a sugar for which we never lose our taste, no matter how much we develop a palate for fine musical foods. The Sing -Along Sound of Music is in fact a kind of send-up of the original movie. Have you ever seen Mystery Science Theater 3000? It's a show set in the far future where wise-cracking robots watch old, bad sci-fi movies and goof on them from start to finish. That's what Sing-Along Sound of Music is about. Everybody in the audience is yelling at the screen and cracking jokes between singing along with the songs, often with alternative lyrics.
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