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No. 47: The Sound of Music

The hills are alive

by
Matthew Fishbane
December 07, 2011
(Fox (Home Entertainment))
(Fox (Home Entertainment))

1965, dir. Robert Wise. The hills are alive with the sound of counter-factual Jewish wish-fulfillment in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s beloved musical, which deflects the tragedy of World War II onto the feel-good story of the von Trapp family. Kitsch bliss.

Matthew Fishbane is Creative Director at Tablet magazine.