{"id":15103,"date":"2014-12-19T14:30:28","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T21:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/summathissummathat\/?p=15103"},"modified":"2015-01-05T11:13:02","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T18:13:02","slug":"streaming-suggestion-white-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/summathissummathat\/2014\/12\/streaming-suggestion-white-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"SVS: &#8220;White Christmas&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/109\/2014\/12\/eae8a5720285ffd8544796e2b358a167.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-15116\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/109\/2014\/12\/eae8a5720285ffd8544796e2b358a167.jpg\" alt=\"eae8a5720285ffd8544796e2b358a167\" width=\"226\" height=\"582\"><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>PHIL DAVIS:<\/strong> I don\u2019t know what he\u2019s up to, but he\u2019s got that Rodgers and Hammerstein look again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>BETTY HAYNES:<\/strong> Is that bad?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>PHIL DAVIS:<\/strong> Not bad, but always expensive.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So, I realize that recommending the following film is sort of like <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/hEmahvffdDg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">taking candy from a baby\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2026but I\u2019ve never had a problem with taking candy from a baby. It\u2019s super-easy. Seriously. They\u2019re really little. (Besides, have you tried taking\u00a0candy from an adult? Yikes!)<\/p>\n<p>So, in deference to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicity.com\/commentary\/susanka\/08713.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">the impending onslaught<\/a> of Yuletide Cheer, today\u2019s Streaming Video Suggestion (SVS), <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0047673\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">White Christmas<\/a><\/em>, is streaming on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.netflix.com\/WiMovie\/60003082\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">NETFLIX INSTANT<\/a><\/strong>. And <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000IBUOX4\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">AMAZON($)<\/a><\/strong> and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/nI7Mr3udO7I\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">YOUTUBE($)<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/wheretowatch.com\/movies\/47456\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">SOME OTHERS($)<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After leaving the Army after W.W.II, Bob Wallace and Phil Davis team up to become a top song-and-dance act. Davis plays matchmaker and introduces Wallace to a pair of beautiful sisters (Betty and Judy) who also have a song-and-dance act. When Betty and Judy travel to a Vermont lodge to perform a Christmas show, Wallace and Davis follow, only to find their former commander, General Waverly, is the lodge owner. A series of romantic mix-ups ensue as the performers try to help the General.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"White Christmas - Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3n3-UtakD3I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>I\u2019ll be honest: I like this film\u00a0a lot\u00a0more now than I did before I got married. Because my wife loves it. And while I\u2019d been a luke-warm fan in the past, I\u2019ve warmed to it in recent years. Viewing\u00a0it through her Christmas Red-tinged eyes, so to speak. So\u00a0now I love it, too. (Am I loving the quality of the film itself? Or am I loving the fact that my wife loves it? That\u2019s for you to guess, and me to know.)<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve always loved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/summathissummathat\/2014\/09\/streaming-suggestion-the-court-jester\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">Danny Kaye, though<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, to be perfectly honest, it\u2019s not the music or the song-and-dance stuff that makes this film enjoyable to me. In fact, some of those sequences are down-right weird. It\u2019s the (surprisingly?) excellent comedic timing between Crosby and Kaye that really keeps me coming back for me. And the four-sided, rapid-fire, screw-bally repartee between the two sets of leads. (Well, that and the final scene. Which, yup. I\u2019ve got something stuck in my throat. Again.)<\/p>\n<p>Quick! <a href=\"http:\/\/gph.is\/1ef99LZ\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">A diversion!<\/a><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"White Christmas - Sisters.flv\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GE589gkOYz0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><strong>POSTSCRIPT:<\/strong> I decided upon today\u2019s recommendation hours\u00a0before\u00a0reading Steven Greydanus\u2019 latest <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cruxnow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Crux<\/a> <\/em>piece, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cruxnow.com\/life\/2014\/12\/19\/the-trouble-with-christmas-movies\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cThe Trouble with Christmas Movies.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0But I\u2019m posting <em>WC<\/em>\u00a0anyway. I appreciate his sentiment (and emotional response). I even sympathize. But I don\u2019t \u2014\u00a0I was somewhat surprised to discover \u2014 share either, to be honest. Or at least not strongly.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s right about the facts of the case, seems to me. No legitimate\u00a0Birth of Christ films to be had, right? Not really. Certainly not in the public consciousness. But for me, those more meaningful (more historically accurate) Christmas-time desires\u00a0are largely met by the liturgical trappings of the season. And when it comes to <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/wIBkRs3pPKI\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">the cinematic realm<\/a>, I\u2019m far more interested in the laughing boys and the warm milk and the plate of cookies. Metaphorically speaking.<\/p>\n<p>And also, probably, literally.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/109\/2014\/12\/4ee65a850fa7d.preview-699.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15117\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/109\/2014\/12\/4ee65a850fa7d.preview-699.jpg\" alt=\"4ee65a850fa7d.preview-699\" width=\"610\" height=\"384\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size: x-small; line-height: 14px;\"><strong>Attribution(s):\u00a0<\/strong>Theatrical poster, publicity images, and film stills are the property of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paramount.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Paramount Pictures<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0other respective <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0047673\/companycredits?ref_=tt_dt_co\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">production studios and distributors<\/a>, and are intended for editorial use only.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHIL DAVIS: I don\u2019t know what he\u2019s up to, but he\u2019s got that Rodgers and Hammerstein look again. 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