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** In the stage musical, Harry tells Sam and Bill that he hopes to "get [his] tongue around a little Greek." After the two stare at him, he clarifies that he hopes to improve his Greek language skills.
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** In the stage musical, Harry tells Sam and Bill that he hopes to "get [his] tongue around a little Greek." After the two stare at him, he clarifies that he hopes to improve his Greek language skills. The licensed script makes no indication that Sam and Bill should react to the remark, and as a result, even many amateur productions don't notice the innuendo.
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* AdaptationDisplacement: The film is far more popular than the original stage musical, despite being in its seventh year on Broadway (and its tenth on the West End) at the time of its release, along with several international productions. The film is so much more popular that many people think the stage version is a ScreenToStageAdaptation, not the other way around. The stage version did gain some popularity following the 2017 Hollywood Bowl production and when licensing for amateur and school productions became available in 2018, but still not as much as the film.
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* AdaptationDisplacement: The In a similar vein to ''Theatre/{{Grease}}'', the film is far more popular than the original stage musical, despite being in its seventh year on Broadway (and its tenth on the West End) at the time of its release, along with several international productions. The film is so much more popular that many people think the stage version is a ScreenToStageAdaptation, not the other way around. The stage version did gain some popularity following the 2017 Hollywood Bowl production and when licensing for amateur and school productions became available in 2018, but still not as much as the film. Unlike ''Grease'', the ''Mamma Mia!'' stage musical was never revised to incorporate differences or additional songs from the movie.
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* FandomEnragingMisconception: Fans of the stage show will give you the stink eye if you imply that "the original ''Mamma Mia!''" is the movie, or if you say that "the original Sophie" is Amanda Seyfried, rather than Lisa Stokke (West End) or Tina Maddigan (North America), or comparing a stage Sophie's performance to Seyfried.
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** While the musical closed on Broadway in 2015, it is still continuing a successful run in London's West End today, and has a significant fan following among European theatre fans, compared to those in America, even when the Broadway production was running.
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** While the musical closed on Broadway in 2015, it is still continuing a successful run in London's West End today, and has a significant fan following among European theatre fans, compared to those in America, even when the Broadway production was running. Most Broadway fans deemed the show as tourist fodder that was only successful because of its opening shortly after 9/11, and criticized the show for its thin plot; even people who worked at the Winter Garden during the run have stated that they could not stand the show.
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** As far as the movie goes, if [[spoiler:Bill]] is Sophie’s father that means that she, just like the show itself, [[spoiler:is of Swedish descent]]. Somewhat hilariously though, [[spoiler:in the Swedish production of the show Bill is a Norwegian named Terje]].
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** This is a hold over from the stage show, where the ladies playing Donna, Rosie and Tanya come onto the stage at the end in the full get up and perform "Dancing Queen." The guys playing Bill, Harry and Sam then come on in the same full get up as well for a rendition of "Waterloo" for everyone’s final bows. Then the [[EndingFatigue show finally ends.]]
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** This is a hold over from the stage show, where the ladies playing Donna, Rosie and Tanya come onto the stage at the end in the full get up and perform "Dancing Queen." The guys playing Bill, Harry and Sam then come on in the same full get up as well for a rendition of "Waterloo" for everyone’s everyone's final bows. Then the [[EndingFatigue show finally ends.]]
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** Juan Pablo di Pace, better known as Kimmy Gibbler’s ex-husband Fernando in ''Series/FullerHouse'', is the man who Harry falls in love with.
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** Juan Pablo di Pace, better known as Kimmy Gibbler’s Gibbler's ex-husband Fernando in ''Series/FullerHouse'', is the man who Harry falls in love with.
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** Stellan Skarsgard's isn't much better, but at least there's far less of it, and Skarsgard plays his (musical) performance mostly for laughs rather than drama.
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** Stellan Skarsgard's Skarsgård's isn't much better, but at least there's far less of it, and Skarsgard Skarsgård plays his (musical) performance mostly for laughs rather than drama.
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* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail:
** Bjorn Ulvaeus was hesitant about bringing the musical to Broadway due to the embarrassing failure of his and Benny's previous musical venture, ''Theatre/{{Chess}}''. It ended up being an immediate hit with audiences, especially due to opening very shortly after 9/11.
** When starting work on the film, Judy Cramer was warned that a film would not rile up audiences the same way the stage show does. When the film opened, the majority of reviews were negative, which led to the creative team feeling disappointed... until they saw the box office results.
** Bjorn Ulvaeus was hesitant about bringing the musical to Broadway due to the embarrassing failure of his and Benny's previous musical venture, ''Theatre/{{Chess}}''. It ended up being an immediate hit with audiences, especially due to opening very shortly after 9/11.
** When starting work on the film, Judy Cramer was warned that a film would not rile up audiences the same way the stage show does. When the film opened, the majority of reviews were negative, which led to the creative team feeling disappointed... until they saw the box office results.
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** The musical was nominated for five Tonys and won zero. It was up against Broadway hits ''Theatre/ThoroughlyModernMillie'' and ''Theatre/{{Urinetown}}'', both of which beat ''Mamma Mia!'' in all five categories (''Millie'' in four, including Best Musical, and ''Urinetown'' in one, for Best Book).
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** The musical was nominated for five Tonys and won zero. It was up against Broadway hits ''Theatre/ThoroughlyModernMillie'' and ''Theatre/{{Urinetown}}'', both of which beat ''Mamma Mia!'' in all five categories (''Millie'' in four, including Best Musical, and ''Urinetown'' in one, for Best Book).
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** While a moderate success in the US, it did extremely well in Europe, and at the time of its release was the highest grossing movie ever in the United Kingdom, and is one of the top-selling [=DVDs=] of all time in that country. In 2008, 1 in every 4 UK households had a copy.
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** While the film was a moderate success in the US, it did extremely well in Europe, and at the time of its release was the highest grossing movie ever in the United Kingdom, and is one of the top-selling [=DVDs=] of all time in that country. In 2008, 1 in every 4 UK households had a copy.
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** While the musical closed on Broadway in 2015, it is still continuing a successful run in London's West End today, and has a significant fan following among European theatre fans, compared to those in America, even when the Broadway production was running.
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* MemeticMutation: A soundbite from the scene in the film where Bill gasps at finding out that Sophie is 20 years old (meaning she was conceived around the time he met Donna) became a viral [=TikTok=] sound, being used in memes about age differences.
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** Juan Pablo di Pace, better known as Kimmy Gibbler’s ex-husband Fernando in ''Series/FullerHouse'', is one of the ensemble dancers during the musical numbers.
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** Juan Pablo di Pace, better known as Kimmy Gibbler’s ex-husband Fernando in ''Series/FullerHouse'', is one of the ensemble dancers during the musical numbers.man who Harry falls in love with.
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** The overture. Even moreso the version heard in actual performances, which includes an extended "Mamma Mia" melody shortly before the transition to the prologue. Almost all cast recordings cut this part.
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** The overture. Even moreso Especially the version heard in actual performances, which includes an extended "Mamma Mia" melody shortly before the transition to the prologue. Almost all cast recordings cut this part.
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* QuestionableCasting:
** So, what is Creator/MerylStreep doing in a musical? [[SoMyKidsCanWatch She went to see the stage show with her daughter for her eleventh birthday and got kinda hooked on the idea.]] Also, one critic commented once on how she keeps touching her face and using her expressions mostly for acting, which makes it seem as if she's just a head. One journalist in Israel asked her if she was trying to prove she has a body as well, and Streep replied this might have been the case. She had also starred in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90Y15Crljk4 a stage musical of "Alice in Wonderland"]] years earlier.
** A better example would be Creator/PierceBrosnan, who is clearly out of his depth in the musical sections. Clearly he was cast to be swooned over rather than listened to.
** So, what is Creator/MerylStreep doing in a musical? [[SoMyKidsCanWatch She went to see the stage show with her daughter for her eleventh birthday and got kinda hooked on the idea.]] Also, one critic commented once on how she keeps touching her face and using her expressions mostly for acting, which makes it seem as if she's just a head. One journalist in Israel asked her if she was trying to prove she has a body as well, and Streep replied this might have been the case. She had also starred in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90Y15Crljk4 a stage musical of "Alice in Wonderland"]] years earlier.
** A better example would be Creator/PierceBrosnan, who is clearly out of his depth in the musical sections. Clearly he was cast to be swooned over rather than listened to.
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** So, what is Creator/MerylStreep doing in a musical? [[SoMyKidsCanWatch She went to see the stage show with her daughter for her eleventh birthday and got kinda hooked on the idea.]] Also, one critic commented once on how she keeps touching her face and using her expressions mostly for acting, which makes it seem as if she's just a head. One journalist in Israel asked her if she was trying to prove she has a body as well, and Streep replied this might have been the case. She had also starred in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90Y15Crljk4 a stage musical of "Alice in Wonderland"]] years earlier.
** A better example would be Creator/PierceBrosnan, who is clearly out of his depth in the musical sections. Clearly he was cast to be swooned over rather than listened to.
** So, what is Creator/MerylStreep doing in a musical? [[SoMyKidsCanWatch She went to see the stage show with her daughter for her eleventh birthday and got kinda hooked on the idea.]] Also, one critic commented once on how she keeps touching her face and using her expressions mostly for acting, which makes it seem as if she's just a head. One journalist in Israel asked her if she was trying to prove she has a body as well, and Streep replied this might have been the case. She had also starred in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90Y15Crljk4 a stage musical of "Alice in Wonderland"]] years earlier.
** A better example would be Creator/PierceBrosnan, who is clearly out of his depth in the musical sections. Clearly he was cast to be swooned over rather than listened to.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Two out of three of Donna's exes/Sophie's possible fathers turned out to be TuxedoAndMartini agents. Pierce Brosnan was previously Film/JamesBond and Creator/ColinFirth would become one in ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService''. While Stellan Skarsgard didn't play an agent, he played Dr. Erik Selvig in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, who works for the secret agency SHIELD in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''.
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* HilariousInHindsight: HilariousInHindsight:
** An unauthorized French production of the stage musical in 2007 opted to cut "Our Last Summer" and replace it with "Waterloo", still sung by Harry and Donna as they recall when they met in Paris. 11 years later in ''Film/MammaMiaHereWeGoAgain'', they would end up singing this song together in a Paris restaurant on the day they met.
** Two out of three of Donna's exes/Sophie's possible fathers turned out to be TuxedoAndMartini agents. Pierce Brosnan was previously Film/JamesBond and Creator/ColinFirth would become one in ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService''. While Stellan Skarsgard didn't play an agent, he played Dr. Erik Selvig in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, who works for the secret agency SHIELD in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''.
** An unauthorized French production of the stage musical in 2007 opted to cut "Our Last Summer" and replace it with "Waterloo", still sung by Harry and Donna as they recall when they met in Paris. 11 years later in ''Film/MammaMiaHereWeGoAgain'', they would end up singing this song together in a Paris restaurant on the day they met.
** Two out of three of Donna's exes/Sophie's possible fathers turned out to be TuxedoAndMartini agents. Pierce Brosnan was previously Film/JamesBond and Creator/ColinFirth would become one in ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService''. While Stellan Skarsgard didn't play an agent, he played Dr. Erik Selvig in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, who works for the secret agency SHIELD in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''.
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*** Or was it because, as we learn in the second film Donna's mother Ruby also had lost her lover and raised Donna on her own and didn't want to watch her struggle as she had?
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** Lisa Stokke, London's original Sophie, would later be known for voicing Elsa in the Norwegian dub of ''Frachise/{{Frozen}}''.
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** Lisa Stokke, London's original Sophie, would later be known for voicing Elsa in the Norwegian dub of ''Frachise/{{Frozen}}''.''Franchise/{{Frozen}}''.
