The Malcontent’s Most Annoying People, Places & Things of 2013: The musical

Make it stop:

I hoped this might do it:

But just when you thought we might be rid of this plague, a live performance of “The Sound of Music” strikes ratings gold, leading the brain-dead sycophants at “Entertainment Weekly” to surmise that “musicals are ready for a  comeback.”

The hills are alive with the sound of anguished screams.