Mamma Mia! This is the Most Random Musical Ever!
By Sarah Carlson
April 17, 2007
Colin "wet shirt" Firth has joined the cast of "Mamma Mia!" -- the screen version of the hit ABBA-loving musical. He joins Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgard and Christine Baranski. This means the guy who will always be known as Darcy joins the girl from "Mean Girls," Prof. Gerald Lambeau from "Good Will Hunting," James Bond, and the woman from "Cybill." Awesome.
According to THR:
The story revolves around a bride-to-be (Seyfried) and her formerly rebellious mom (Streep) who raised her on a Greek island and never disclosed the identity of her father. The bride locates three men who might be her father and invites them to her wedding. The musical features 22 ABBA songs, including "Dancing Queen," "Take a Chance on Me" and "The Winner Takes It All."Firth is one of the three possible fathers, a British businessman. Firth previously sang, though briefly, in "The Importance of Being Earnest," but "Mamma Mia!" will be his first musical.
Skarsgard plays another possible dad. Baranski portrays a plastic surgery-loving party girl in her 40s who is bossy and boozy.
Now that I have "Dancing Queen" in my head, my only hope is that they work in a scene where The Firth has to go swimming in his clothes and will later gaze longingly at someone as she plays the piano. And then Pierce will shoot him, Meryl will cry and win an Oscar for it, and Stellan will just sit there and smoke, looking bored. The end.
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Posted by: Carlos on April 19, 2007 7:09 PM
Why is a musical about a woman who slept with three men, possibly at the same time or in a three day period, so popular? Are we teaching the American society that it is entertaining to not know who the father of your daughter is? Usually this stuff is on Maury, Oprah, Jerry Springer or some other talk show. And it is usually a very disappointing ordeal for the child.