15 July 2020

elisi: (We are all stories by immobulus_icons)
So, tonight I watched The Sound of Music (for fic purposes, since it's been at least 10 years since last time), and it's funny the things that strike you. I had no recollection of this specific exchange. It's the bit where Rolfe is throwing pebbles at Liesl's window, and the Captain surprises him and the boy goes all flustered.

Rolfe: Oh, Captain von Trapp. I was just looking for... I didn't see, I mean, I didn't know you were-- Heil Hitler!

The Captain: Who are you?

Rolfe: I have a telegram for Herr Detweiler.

Max: I am Herr Detweiler.

Rolfe: Yes, sir.

The Captain: You've delivered your telegram. Now get out.

The Baroness: Georg, he's just a boy.

The Captain: Yes, and I'm just an Austrian.

Max: Things will happen. Make sure they don't happen to you.

The Captain: Max! Don't you ever say that again.

Max: I have no political convictions. Can I help it if other people do?

The Captain: You can help it. You must help it.

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It's such a sweet, wholesome movie, and yet it has a lot to say about politics. Including 'If your boyfriend gets radicalised, let him go'.

That's all for today. ♥