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If YOU were to write a sequel to Mamma Mia...
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RainbowJude
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 MAMMA MIA! Sequel
I would have to make sure that all of the songs from their brilliant Voulez-Vous album that weren't used in Mamma Mia!: "As Good as New", "Angeleyes", "The King Has Lost His Crown", "If It Wasn't for the Nights", "Lovers (Live a Little Longer)" and "Kisses of Fire".
I love Mamma Mia! on stage. It's put together more smartly than might initially be apparent, making use of the typical conventions of Depression-era musical comedies and then using the staging to point out moments where the action is as incredulous as we all know it is. A great deal of that "play" depends on direct communication from the stage to the audience in the live moment of theatre and was therefore lost in the film adaptation, which is a pity. I don't know whether a sequel would remember that that's what makes Mamma Mia! more satisfying than it otherwise might be and, if it did, repeating the same idea again probably wouldn't be as effective anyway.
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DavinaPurdom
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Re: If YOU were to write a sequel to Mamma Mia... i would make it into a crime fighting thriller with matt damon and mark whalberg singing along to help pay for their fathers operation
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referpatients
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Re: If YOU were to write a sequel to Mamma Mia... I don't think a sequel to Mamma Mia is a great idea. Although I like some of Abba's songs. 
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robinredbreast
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Re: If YOU were to write a sequel to Mamma Mia... I'd have the whole cast wiped out by a meteorite in the first scene...saves on writing and also leaves Benny and Bjorn with some dignity.
ps. I posses every ABBA song, CHESS albums and videos.
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