[Pharmboy]

[singing] "The Hills Are Alive With the Sound of Griswold..."(that movie ruined it for me).

[pabianice]

I cannot understand -- or forgive -- urban Jews who flock to see the "funny" Nazis in "The Producers." What is wrong with people?

[wideminded]

Also, Austrian tourism surveys show that three out of four Americans come to Salzburg, the former home of the real-life von Trapp family, because of the musical.

Once there, many of them ignore Mozart, the city's most famous native son, to take part in "The Sound of Music" tour,

Unbelievable.

[paudio]

with actors dressed as Nazi storm troopers standing guard in the audience, a theater box filled with mock Nazi dignitaries, and a huge swastika banner draped onstage

And when some teenage prince wore swastika in private costum party, everybody there freak out...

[BenLurkin]

This lovely Austrian song is the sole bright spot in the show, IMO:

"EDELWEISS"

Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Every morning you greet me
Small and white, clean and bright
You look happy to meet me

Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever

Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Bless my homeland forever

[jocon307]

"Some foreigners think "Edelweiss" - composed for the musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, and never sung by the real-life von Trapps - is Austria's national anthem."

Is this true? I thought it was a real folk song, not the national Anthem. At my mother-in-law's Presbyterian church (it must have some German backround to it) this tune is sung with different words at the end of the service.

[basil]

I love visiting Austria. It is so incredibly beautiful--and when I have been there I have been amazed to think that anyone growing up and living there, surrounded by such natural beauty could turn into a Hitler.

Once there, many of (the tourists) ignore Mozart, the city's most famous native son, to take part in "The Sound of Music" tour,

Unfortunately, Mozart's birth place is now over a MacDonald's. He lived in the upstairs apartment. It's a shock to me that this was allowed.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

"Der hills... are aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive...!"

[GOP_Proud]

< Once there, many of them ignore Mozart, the city's most famous native son...>


As a budding (adult) classical violinist, that hurts to read.

[cyn]

"Joerg Haider powered his rightist Freedom Party into the government in 2001 with populist rhetoric sometimes tinged with anti-Semitism. Though he has toned down his comments in recent years and his Freedom Party has lost much of its support, it still has an extreme right-wing element known to admire Hitler."

National Socialist German Worker's Party

[The_Reader_David]

A bit odd putting on that bit of schlock in the city of Mozart. Of course, mention of it brings back the recollection The Sound of Music did afford me the opportunity of predating Prince Harry as a pantomime Nazi: I played the Nazi admiral in my high school senior class production. "You vill report to ze naval base at Bremmerhaven immediately!"

[Clemenza]

I played Captain Georg Von Trapp in my high school production of the Sound of Music.

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