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    Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Jul-2025 10:35:54 JSTPaul CantrellPaul Cantrell
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    (Did you know that in the original stage version of The Sound of Music, the thing that finally breaks Captain von Trapp’s engagement to the baroness isn’t vague, wishy-washy noble unstated feelings scene that’s in the movie; it’s that the baroness tries to convince him to go along with the Nazis because there’s nothing he can do, and he decides he can’t marry a woman with no convictions. They cut the song from the film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Way_to_Stop_It)

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      No Way to Stop It
      "No Way to Stop It" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music, but not included in the later film version from 1965. The song features the characters Max Detweiler and Baroness Elsa Schräder, with Captain Georg von Trapp joining in later. It was first performed by Marion Marlowe, Kurt Kasznar and Theodore Bikel. Summary Captain von Trapp anticipates the German annexation of Austria, and argues with Elsa and Max about how to respond to the Nazis, who have begun to overrun the country. While the Captain holds Austrian nationalist views and believes he must stand up to the Nazis, Elsa and Max say there is nothing anyone can do, and that the Captain should be flexible and convince the Nazis that he is an ally. The song shows the three's different motivations and clashes of egos, and becomes a song about Max and Elsa trying to convince Georg to forget about everything going on around him and just to think about himself. The song's circular melody parallels its circular argument. In the end, Georg decides he cannot marry a woman with no political convictions. The song is a turning...
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