Lady Gaga stormed the stage at the Oscars last night with a medley from The Sound of Music, and it was surprisingly beautiful. First it reminded us that, odd sudo-English accent aside, Gaga actually has a stonker of a voice. And secondly it reminded us (ok, me) how much we love, love, love the iconic film, which turns 50 years old next month.
But not everyone appreciates the charms of the Von Trapp family, and the Rogers and Hammerstein classic is often overlooked when people are compiling lists of the all-time greats – despite being clearly more wonderful than Citizen Kane and The Godfather combined (it has 100% more singing nuns, for a start).
So Gaga and I are here to beg you all you Do Re Mi-deniers to reconsider, with 11 reasons you should definitely watch The Sound of Music tonight…
It’s funny
No but really, it is. Maybe it’s not laugh-until-you-wee hilarious, but there are far more lolz to be had from The Sound of Music than the cynics give it credit for. Morally dubious Uncle Max is basically a Wildean wit, while Maria is queen of the smartarse retort – and her singing nun pals are funny because nuns doing anything un-nunlike is always funny (see also: Sister Act, and to a lesser extent every stag party ever).
