Friday, December 26, 2008

The true story is not the one in 'Sound of Music'

Sunday, Americans watching ABC-TV will fall in love again with the von Trapp family and its singing in the airing of "The Sound of Music".

But The New York Times spoils our fun and the myth with a family profile for Christmas that shows the movie does not match the family story. And a lot of the family resents it while still making money from all the fame.

The family ski lodge, however, will advertise during the movie.

To read the myth busting profile, go to: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/25/business/25vontrapp.html?em

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