terror of musicals

[derien]

I watched a bit of the new version of "The King And I" with - is it Jody Foster?  Looked like. - while I was on the treadmill this morning.  I really didn't know how to take it.  I cringed a lot at the main character's overwhelming Anglocentricness and wondered if she was going to develop a real appreciation for the culture of Siam or where the hell the story was going to go.  I've never seen the original, and after telling Eor about this experience he suggested we really should view that and "The Sound of Music" so we'll fill in that hole in our cultural literacy, that Julie Andrews-shaped hole.  I'm ... scared.  But I shall gird my loins and brave the attempt.

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[soda-and-capes.livejournal.com]

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You haven't seen The Sound of Music? You MUST! There are Nazis! And music! And stuff! It's really really good!

[derien.livejournal.com]

Well, I know the general shape of the hole, and of course I've read daegaer's The Sound of Omens (http://daegaer.livejournal.com/20533.html). ;)

[bravecows.livejournal.com]

The Sound of Music is quite fun, and an Important Cultural Experience. I wasn't as crazy about The King And I, but then I don't remember it very well. Yul Brynner (sp?) is hot?

[derien.livejournal.com]

He is? Chow Yun-Fat (or Yun-Fat Chow, possibly) is not bad in "Anna and the King" (which is actually the name of the movie I saw yesterday.) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166485/

[derien.livejournal.com]

Also, I kept going "gosh that kid looks like Draco." Um, yeah. Her son was played by Tom Felton. *sucks at recognizing actors* IMDB is a godsend for me.