A new event going on in Omaha is "Art In The Dark" where people gather at night and a movie is shown on the side of a building/museum. It was a fun event and this week was "The Sound of Music" I love the sound of music and have fond memories of watching it yearly with my family when I was growing up. We watched it on T.V., you know, when there were only four channels, and the VCR was not even invented yet. Oh my GOD I am becoming on of those old people who can remember when daily used technology was not even invented yet. I like to think this means that the world is just moving faster, NOT that I am getting older. Anyway, "The Sound of Music" is a wonderful musical movie that is historically misleading. When I was young I use to be soooooo happy that the Von Trap family made it into neutral Switzerland, peaceful, NEUTRAL Switzerland. A man can be SAFE in Switzerland, because once you cross that boarder NO ONE can get you in Switzerland. Craven, evil Nazis just run after you and once they hit the boarder of Switzerland they throw down their Luger's in disgust, raise their tiny fist toward the heavens and yell out "I'll GET YOU VON TRAP FAMILY SINGERS, If only you weren't in Neutral, neutral Switzerland!" Only years later did I learn (NOT at my worthless high school where the history teacher doubled as the football coach, OR more accurately the Football coach doubled as the history teacher) that Switzerland was not really the bastion of neutrality that the "Sound of Music" made it out to be. Uhhh got a little sidetracked there. Point is, with catchy songs I'm sure the Von Trap family could have ended the whole world war peacefully as soldiers from all sides laid down their weapons to join in a rousing variation of "Do-Ra-Mi".
So here I am years later watching "Sound Of Music" again and it really is a great movie although I have to ask "How many times does a man really need to sing "Edelweiss"? By the way the answer has been scientifically proven as: NONE.
Here is a photo of a friend who came along and had a hand puppet that would sing "Lonely Goatherd" it was the coolest puppet ever.
Even if it sometimes did not work as well as she wanted it too.
And on a last note, because it is always ascetically pleasing
Two Swedes in a field
1 comment:
Well, when I was a kid we only had one channel and it played tht NBC peacock all day long.
I wish we had art at night. What a fun idea.
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