| The Sound of Music really is all about sex. Maria is too feisty to be a good nun, and we see this not just through her constant singing and tardiness but also from her sensual nature. She flounces around the hillside when she should be in vespers, removing her widgen (or whatever it is they call that thing nuns wear on their heads) and basking in the sun and the air and the fresh, green grass. On her way to her new position as governess, Maria sings "I Have Confidence" while kicking up her heels and showing her underwear. On the Captain's return with his ladyfriend, the Baroness, Maria and the children tip over their rowboat and Maria greets the couple dripping wet, which the worldly Baroness does not fail to notice. She also spots the way Maria gets all moony and soft-focused when the Captain sings "Edelweiss" — and the look the Captain gives the soft-focused Maria in return. And let's not overlook that "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" song: Liesl singing to Rolf "totally unprepared am I to face a world of men/timid and shy and scared am I of things beyond my ken/ I need someone older and wiser telling me what to do ..." as she hoochies herself (dripping wet, do we sense a theme?) all over the gaze. |