Rediscovering The Sound of Music

I caught The Sound of Music yesterday and it was a delight watching it again. This Rodger 's and Hammerstein's classic is celebrating its 40th year this year.

I am quite sure that you are familiar with the story.

For me, the beauty of the story is its universality. An unassuming woman infects a despotic father with her charms and passion for life.

Here is a woman who came to the Von Trapp household with nothing but an infectious smile and a guitar. She leaves Vienna with a family of 7 and a captain for a husband.

I really liked the part where she and the captain were singing inside the gazebo, feeling young and awkward and Julie Andrews singing, “somewhere in my childhood, I must have done something right (to deserve this)”.

I almost cried when all the kids hugged her when she got back from the abbey. I almost cried when she and the captain were waltzing in front of the Von Trapp kids. Shucks. My emotions are all over the place.

I’ve never really looked at this movie this way. And every time I watch it, I learn and experience something new.