The Sound of Music, featuring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, had such outstanding reviews in the 60s because of current events that were taking place during this time period, like the Vietnam War and women’s rights, were affecting society’s feelings towards the media and the media’s choices. The Vietnam War tremendously affected the daily lives of families in the United States during the time period that The Sound of Music was released. This uplifting and inspiring musical film symbolized everything that they needed to hear and see to feel at ease and happy during difficult family times.
I know that this thesis seems long but I working on altering it so that it is more straight to the point and isn't confusing at all to my audience. When I started writing my paper, I thought I would go one direction with my paper really making the Vietnam War the primary focus. However, once I started writing, I realized that Julie Andrews was really the main focus of my paper and how she, as an actress, symbolized the positivity needed to get through the Vietnam War, women's rights, and family issues during this time period. I think that I need to alter my thesis a bit to make it more zoomed in on Julie Andrews- but then I was also thinking that it is kind of interesting how I don't really bring her up in my thesis, so then this way it is sort of a surprise to my audience and I don't give my paper away. I don't necessarily think this would be confusing because I am consistently talking about Julie Andrews throughout my entire paper after my introduction. One thing that I am really going to focus on while revising my rough draft is including more outside quotes. I think this will make my paper much stronger. I also want to include quotes from specific scenes of the film- (like when Julie was sticking up for herself to Mr. Von Trapp). I think this will be very valuable in persuading my audience that current events from this time period affected the audience's view on media. I have a lot to do for this paper, but as of right now I think I am at a good spot. It was really interesting to me how I envisioned my paper one way, but once I started writing my paper it zoomed in on a different topic, primarily Julie Andrews.