Ho-de-lay-ho-de-lay Ho-de-lay-hi-hoo
I watched the Carrie Underwood/Stephen Moyer Sound of Music, and like, *of course* it's not going to compare to the 1965 movie, which was shot on location in Salzburg, and is ingrained in our minds as a classic, but I was actually charmed by the snaffews that go along with a live broadcast and I have high hopes that this kind of thing happens again in the future. Not every couple of months or anything, but on Thanksgiving week, in or around, once a year? I'm enough of a musical theatre geek to get excited by that.
I was very upset to hear that Carrie Underwood was receiving *death threats* over her performance though. She's certainly not about to win an Emmy for her acting abilities, but her voice is so lovely (and so much fun on The Lonely Goatherd). And really, death threats?
And fyi, Julie Andrews did *not* originate the role, Mary Martin first played Maria on Broadway, and I found this, which I thought was adorable:
All this being said, it prompted me to OnDemand the 1965 movie, and I got all lost in that last night. Christopher Plummer is like, seventy-five levels of sexy in this role, and I remember thinking that from the first time I watched it when I was like three. I haven't seen it all the way through in a good number of years, but I love picking up on stuff that flies over your head as a child. Like, how are Max and Georg friends? Georg calls him 'Uncle Max', but they have different last names so they are not brothers. And he doesn't feel like the brother of the childrens' mother, because he's kind of mercurial about Elsa sending them off to boarding school. The patriotic nuns, gosh, that movie is just flat out fabulous.
Anyway, even though I failed at livejournal this year, I want to try doing that Holiday Talking Meme, though it's going to be shortened for my sanity.
THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
Choose a day and a topic, and I will blog about it on that day. If I get behind (and I might) I will do my best to have everything wrapped up by New Year's.
December 12- fromiftowhen, Alex/Izzie
December 13- empressearwig, what daytime soaps have meant in my life
December 14- ciaimpala, which Taylor and John songs currently mean the most to me
December 15-
December 16-
December 17-
December 18-
December 19-
December 20-
December 21- mammothluv, my JOB
December 22- honeymink, the Reign ladies-in-waiting, and wishes for future storylines
December 23- mammothluv, Reign crossovers
So there's that. If anyone thinks they could be around for some yuletide help this week, that would be much appreciated.
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I was very upset to hear that Carrie Underwood was receiving *death threats* over her performance though. She's certainly not about to win an Emmy for her acting abilities, but her voice is so lovely (and so much fun on The Lonely Goatherd). And really, death threats?
And fyi, Julie Andrews did *not* originate the role, Mary Martin first played Maria on Broadway, and I found this, which I thought was adorable:
Click to viewAll this being said, it prompted me to OnDemand the 1965 movie, and I got all lost in that last night. Christopher Plummer is like, seventy-five levels of sexy in this role, and I remember thinking that from the first time I watched it when I was like three. I haven't seen it all the way through in a good number of years, but I love picking up on stuff that flies over your head as a child. Like, how are Max and Georg friends? Georg calls him 'Uncle Max', but they have different last names so they are not brothers. And he doesn't feel like the brother of the childrens' mother, because he's kind of mercurial about Elsa sending them off to boarding school. The patriotic nuns, gosh, that movie is just flat out fabulous.
Anyway, even though I failed at livejournal this year, I want to try doing that Holiday Talking Meme, though it's going to be shortened for my sanity.
THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
Choose a day and a topic, and I will blog about it on that day. If I get behind (and I might) I will do my best to have everything wrapped up by New Year's.
December 12- fromiftowhen, Alex/Izzie
December 13- empressearwig, what daytime soaps have meant in my life
December 14- ciaimpala, which Taylor and John songs currently mean the most to me
December 15-
December 16-
December 17-
December 18-
December 19-
December 20-
December 21- mammothluv, my JOB
December 22- honeymink, the Reign ladies-in-waiting, and wishes for future storylines
December 23- mammothluv, Reign crossovers
So there's that. If anyone thinks they could be around for some yuletide help this week, that would be much appreciated.
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