The Sound of Music

[emma_in_dream]

Things I like about *The Sound of Music*:


* The image of Gretl hanging on for grim life on the back of the bicycle as they ride through Austria. It reminds me of Gimli’s expression as he hangs on to Legolas as they ride through a totally different set of hills.
* The extreme sexiness of the Captain accidentally calling Maria ‘Captain’ because he thinks of her as his equal. Note how Lois McMaster Bujold ran with that.
* The astonishing sexiness of Austrian folk dancing. Not your first association with it.
* I find ‘How do you solve a problem like Maria’ more and more annoying, the older I get. What is the problem with her? Could it be that the problem is with your rigidity, not her flexibility?

Comments

[conuly]

I find ‘How do you solve a problem like Maria’ more and more annoying, the older I get. What is the problem with her? Could it be that the problem is with your rigidity, not her flexibility?

Well, I mean, they're nuns. The problem isn't Maria, the problem is she's not suited for their particular type of monastic life. Which they handily solve by sending her out into the world, but without being mean about it.

[emma_in_dream]

Point, but part of me is like, hey it's post-Vatican II (when made). You could mellow a bit.