How much is too much?

This easter weekend, The Sound of Music was on THREE times. I wont lie to the millions of people who are hanging on my every word right now, i like The Sound of Music. I am a sucker for the VonTrap family singers and their fight with the Nazi troops inside the Abbey's cemetary. It makes for great entertainment. But even this amazing movie can get a little old when it is played three consecutive nights. In retrospect, i didn't necessarily have to watch it all three times, but there is something entrancing about the harmonies of Liesl, Louisa, Friedrich, Kurt, Brigitta, Marta, Gretl, and of course Fräulein Maria. Cap'n VonTrap isn't bad either, but that is beyond the point. What is the purpose of putting the same movie, on the same channel, for three nights in a row?!

This is not an uncommon practice among TV networks. FX, USA, and TBS continually do this when premering a new to TV movie. But Sound of Music is definitely NOT new. Networks also do this around holiday seasons when promoting the holiday that is quickly approaching, like A Christmas Story. Although, this theory does not really work because i cannot see the relevance to easter in a movie about a singing family of eight whose father marries the nanny. In Fact, The nanny actually leaves the abbey where she is trying to become a nun, a religious role that could be related to the easter holiday, to marry a rich naval captain. Not to mention the heavy Nazi influence in the movie, i cannot fathom why this movie would be played so much during the easter weekend.

I may not understand it, and i may find it a bit annoying by the third time i'm watching it, but i know if it should ever be on again i will be right there watching it. It is a classic that just can't, and shouldn't, be ignored! The VonTraps will forever live on in our culture, and if i ever feel the need, i can always be enchanted by them by reaching into my DVD collection.