Adolf Humour
“A grotesque, amateurish parody of The Sound Of Music”
Some of the songs featured are Maria, You’re A Terrible Nun; The Hills Are Alive With The Sound Of Nazis (Coming Over The Hills); and How I Hate The Jews – which gives you a bit of an idea of what this performance entails.
Interestingly, the show aimed to be the reverse of The Sound Of Music in that all the songs would be turned into dialogue and the dialogue would be turned into new songs. “For example, instead of a telegram boy just delivering the telegram, there’s a long and passionate song about delivering a telegram, followed up with chit chat: ‘Hey babe, you’re, what, 16? Going on 17?’” says McCann.
The performance also includes a surprise character who is described by McCann, not wanting to give anything away, as having “a small moustache” but “it isn’t Charlie Chaplain”.
Last year, McCann brought us the extremely popular Wolf Creek The Musical, and it was such a huge success that, “Just as a drug addict is always trying to recapture that first magnificent high, so too have I returned to have another hit of the Melbourne Fringe,” explains McCann.
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Last month, the team ran two trial shows for The Sound Of Nazis. They were critically reviewed by family and friends, a few alterations were made, and now, in McCann’s words, “The show is now, hopefully, ready to win a Tony. Or do well at the Melbourne Fringe. Whatever comes first.”
In terms of the major hurdles encountered in the creation of this show, McCann says, “When you’re doing the Lord’s work there are no challenges, for the yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
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