Mama Mia! A "WTF is this shit" review

[CountDeMoney]

OK, so I skipped Alabama-Auburn to go with my nieces to their newest all-time fave-rave music that doesn't involve Disney princesses.

So the premise is this girl--who is about to get married and never knew who her father was--steals and reads her mother's diary, and finds out that there were 3 potential fathers.  And there's singing.  Aw, how romantic. You'd think that you'd be scarred for fucking life to learn your mother was such a hosebeast that there weren't just two possible guys that knocked her up, but three.  And she's not even black.  Although being Greek is close enough.
She invites all three to the wedding.  Lotsa laffs ensue.
Now, they're supposed to be living on a Greek island, running a little B&B or something.  Really now--if you were living on a small Mediterranean island paradise, you'd think that not knowing who your father was would be a small price to pay for happiness BECAUSE YOU LIVE IN A MEDITERRANEAN PARADISE.  Who gives a shit who your father is;  could've been the starting 5 from the Utah Jazz, big deal.  You live on a Mediterrean island.  Get over it.
And it's supposed to be a Greek island?  There wasn't a single Greek in the play.  Not even a stereotype, like a local gyro merchant on the corner.  "Mama Mia" is an Italian term;  so why aren't they in Italy? Or at least New Jersey?  And what's with all the Americans; how does that happen? The visa ramifications alone are staggering.  Are they all on 3-year work visas?  Or are they bona fide ex-pats?  We're never told.  You'd think with all the gay ABBA music, they'd at least be in the Keys.
Waaaaay too much ABBA, which has since been co-opted by the entire gay and drag queen community for several years now, made even worse because ABBA is full of Swedes.  I felt more faggoty than after the 3rd viewing of Rent.

Final analysis:  much like a fag taking a shower, it's just an excuse for one ABBA song after another.  However, some of the dialogue is witty and chock full of heady innuendo goodness.
3.5 Pink Jellied Dildos That Smell Like Ass Because They Belong To Fags out of 5.

Ugh. Now, if you'll excuse me, I feel the sudden urge to slip into a cocktail dress and go play some Diana Ross.

[katmai]

How could you not know what you were getting yourself into.

[derspiess]

OK, so I skipped Alabama-Auburn to go with my nieces to their newest all-time fave-rave music that doesn't involve Disney princesses.

:nelson

I love my niece, but I don't see myself doing any of that shit.  I'll buy her whatever she wants, and if she wants to go to football games with me, my son & my godson, she's more than welcome. 

[Neil]

How could you not know what you were getting yourself into.

As the years go by, he turns more and more into CountDeMartinus.

[Jacob]

So what did you think of Piers Brosnan's singing?

[Habbaku]

So what did you think of Piers Brosnan's singing?

Almost as bad as Pierce Anthony's writing.

[Neil]

So what did you think of Piers Brosnan's singing?

Almost as bad as Pierce Anthony's writing.

Who the fuck is Pierce Anthony?

[Caliga]

I've seen Mamma Mia! on stage twice (once in London, once in Louisville).

[Caliga]

Who the fuck is Pierce Anthony?

I assume he means Piers Anthony.

[Ed Anger]

 

You need to review for the local paper.

[Caliga]

Money, btw it's called "Mamma Mia!" simply because that's the name of an ABBA song.

[katmai]

I've seen Mamma Mia! on stage twice (once in London, once in Louisville).

for gods sake end the charade and come out of the closet already.

[Admiral Yi]

I've never heard of Piers Anthony either.  I would have gone with Pierce Plowman.

[Eddie Teach]

OK, so I skipped Alabama-Auburn

Bummer.

[Strix]

I've never heard of Piers Anthony either.  I would have gone with Pierce Plowman.

He has written a lot of things but he is mainly known for his quasi-young adult books.