I believe I’m the oldest Twitchy editor. I don’t consider myself old, but my parents had me late in life and I grew up listening to Glenn Miller instead of The Beatles. My mother didn’t have many records, but she did have the first issue of “The Sound of Music” soundtrack on vinyl. I’m not a fan of musicals, but I’ve seen it — it would be almost impossible not to see it, seeing how often it was shown on broadcast TV.
Speaking of my age, I wonder how old the average BuzzFeed writer is. Especially after seeing this critique of “The Sound of Music” where the movie left out the emergence of Nazis in Austria:
Other than her boyfriend joining the Nazis, and the Nazis drafting the dad, and the Nazis showing up at their final performance, and the Nazis chasing them out of the country, and the Nazis taking over their entire country…
Other than that, sure, no Nazis.
Stupid Buzzfeed. pic.twitter.com/hSCP33Teg4
— Daddy Warpig (@DaddyWarpig) March 20, 2023
So they went back and edited it, because people got upset, and it’s a teeny-tiny bit better.
(Moron wants to talk about the real history, but doesn’t know enough to include the word “Anschluss”.)
Stupid Buzzfeed. pic.twitter.com/ogRdOPrXRb
— Daddy Warpig (@DaddyWarpig) March 20, 2023
“Lightly edits with history” — what does that even mean?
Don't blame Buzzfeed. None of that was in the trailer.
— Preston Park (@pjparkjd) March 20, 2023
— J.G. Petruna (@jgpetruna) March 20, 2023
Have they never seen the movie?
— Lilly Wilson (@RealLillyWilson) March 20, 2023
Maybe they didn’t actually watch the film?
— Timothy Imholt (@TimothyImholt) March 20, 2023
Edelweiss was an act of defiance. An anti-war song…. AGAINST THE NAZIS. How is Buzzfeed still a thing?
— The Hairy Chested Libertarian (@THCLofficial) March 20, 2023
Every day I thank God that these will be the people to contend with when they finally push society over the edge.
Gonna be a real short drop.
— Norm Lenhart – Wordfab Stream (@LordWordfab) March 20, 2023
The AI that generated that article needs to be fired. pic.twitter.com/MCrxQtfR5O
— Mark Cromwell (@markcromwell) March 20, 2023
Fun fact: They filmed on location, and the town wasn't going to let them put up any Nazi flags for the shoot. They said "That's ok. We'll just use newsreel footage of you welcoming the Nazis with a parade from when it actually happened."
— Scuzzy Modem, King of Narnia (@scsimodem) March 20, 2023
There's literally a scene where he rips the flag in half.
— Mage Leader (@mage_leader) March 20, 2023
The Anschluss is literally the antagonist of the second half of the movie.
— Uberminch (@uberminch) March 20, 2023
How is this real?
— Dr. Bill Cortner (@ChogoSprow) March 20, 2023
It’s not real … it’s BuzzFeed.
Related:
‘Terrorists are people, too’: BuzzFeed offers sympathetic look at ‘the two human beings’ who torched a police car for justice https://t.co/QhY3mA611b
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 17, 2020