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Friday, January 2, 2009

Stranger Suggests Today The Stranger Suggests

Posted by The Stranger on Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 11:00 AM

Faggy, Family-Friendly Fun

Sing-Along 'The Sound of Music'

It is what it says it is: a full screening of 1965's musical classic The Sound of Music—featuring nuns and Nazis, bitchy baronesses and lonely goatherds, adorable Julie Andrews and swoon-worthy Christopher Plummer—where the audience is actively encouraged to sing along. To help facilitate the group-sing, each song's lyrics are featured onscreen as subtitles. Warning: The screening is preceded by a 20-minute "interactive screenings for dummies" mini-lecture that you should stay in the lobby and drink through. (5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Ave, www.5thavenue.org. 7 pm, $18–$25.)

DAVID SCHMADER
 

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Also, i neglected to mention this in the Suggest text, but the sing-along screening folks also encourage costumes, with a full-fledged costume contest taking place before the film gets rolling.

If only that UW kid had waited a day and gone to this screening in his Nazi garb and fake gun. He'd have been right at home, and still alive tomorrow.
Posted by David Schmader on January 2, 2009 at 12:48 PM
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One of my favorite Chicago memories is going to a screening of the Sound of Music in Grant Park on a warm summer night. People were singing along, booing at the Baroness... it was excellent.
Posted by Julie in Chicago on January 2, 2009 at 12:55 PM
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how stupid...this was on TV last week...i had a FREE drunken sing along in the privacy of my own home and didn't have to put up with the glare off of John Curley's massively large forehead....
Posted by michael strangeways on January 2, 2009 at 1:51 PM
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Or, instead of having to put up with people who couldn't carry a tune in a bushel basket if they had to you could buy a used copy of the 40th anniversary edition DVD for less than $12! And should you wish to see it again next December you already have it and you can sing along with it properly at home.
Posted by Joseph on January 2, 2009 at 5:51 PM

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