I haven't met a single person in Austria that has watched The Sound Of Music.

[neauoire@merveilles.town]

I haven't met a single person in Austria that has watched The Sound Of Music.

[ccohanlon@merveilles.town]

@neauoire Most who watched it back in 1965, when it came out, are likely dead. Or maybe it's like Australians and 'Crocodile Dundee' — noone wants to admit it.

[random_regret@kolektiva.social]

@neauoire I think we watched it at school once — specifically because the teacher knew that foreigners would ask us about it.
I think basically the reason why it wasn't popular here was bc people didn't want to think about the war back then.

[random_regret@kolektiva.social]

@neauoire The thing that Austrians watched instead is Sissi, the movie about the Habsburg Empress Elisabeth. In part because it gave Austrians an opportunity for a national identity apart from Germany.