{"id":818,"date":"2019-01-07T15:50:37","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T15:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/mama-mia-2\/"},"modified":"2023-02-20T08:16:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T15:16:48","slug":"mama-mia-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherscholar.com\/cherblog\/2019\/01\/mama-mia-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mama Mia 2: Here We Go Again"},"content":{"rendered":"


<\/a>\"Mm2\"<\/a><\/a>I know. I know. The movie is like a half a year old already and BluRay and DVD are already out with awesome features, very Cher-flattering stuff on the extra features, not to be missed (more on that later)! <\/span><\/p>\n

But literally, this is where I left off blogging last year during all the drama that was last year. So we have to start here so I can catch up. But I have to admit, complaining or genuflecting for <\/span>Mama Mia <\/span><\/em>last season just felt wrong, even when I tried to do it. While we were going through the U.S. midterms, the constant shootings and hate crimes, kids dying at the border, it just felt extremely not-kosher to be discussing whether or not the movie <\/span>Mama Mia 2<\/span><\/em> was high art or cotton candy. <\/span><\/p>\n

Similarly, I\u2019ve been reading a lot about lost American languages, mostly American Indian languages, especially the work of writers like Mohave poet Natalie Diaz, and it came up that Yiddish was another dying language. I\u2019m not Jewish but I love Yiddish so I decided to start reading more about the language. But then the Synagogue shooting happened and it didn\u2019t feel right to be interloping into a language that wasn\u2019t mine and I felt this way for a few months. <\/span><\/p>\n

Pop culture can be helpful in dark times but it can also be a distraction. And I don\u2019t claim to know where the borderline is there but…<\/span><\/p>\n

Could I stop thinking and writing about poetry and Cher. I think I would go crazy maybe. (Too late!) Besides, 2018 was the wrong year to give up Cher scholarship. It was the busiest Cher year since 1987 or 1975 before that or 1965 before that. This was finally the year everyone realized the cultural work that Cher product does, what Cherness is. And we\u2019re all beginning to realize how it might work on some level, thanks to the failures (and successes) of the Broadway show ironically. We\u2019re all beginning to figure out how the Cher effect works outside of the mediums and products they spin out on. Bigger than the music and the movies and the merch. Bigger than the costumes. <\/span><\/p>\n

But I\u2019ll get more into that in the next few weeks when we start to talk about Cher essays and the Broadway show.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today I just want to catch up on that little movie that was <\/span>Mama Mia 2<\/span><\/em>, what interviews came out around it, what critics said and what I thought about it.<\/span><\/p>\n

General Interviews<\/strong><\/h4>\n

So Cher did a lot of press for the movie and some general interviews about all things Cher (which included discussions around the new album, the Broadway show, and her latest \u201cI swear this is my last\u201d tour.<\/span><\/p>\n

She appeared on Ellen. <\/em>Watch this funny clip they did at the salon<\/a>. You can also find more show excerpts <\/span>on Youtube.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Today Show<\/em> appearances<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.today.com\/video\/cher-opens-up-about-career-and-new-abba-album-1314064451541?v=raila&<\/span><\/a> Cher makes a comment about having a favorite shirt for 40 years and of course everyone wanted to know, what shirt is that? People Magazine found out: <\/span>https:\/\/people.com\/style\/cher-wears-same-tshirt-for-30-years\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.today.com\/video\/-it-shows-women-being-in-control-of-their-life-cher-talks-mamma-mia-here-we-go-again-1278419523965<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The New Zealand Herald: https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/entertainment\/news\/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12088673<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

With Kathie Lee Gifford: <\/span>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m-KMgR39Eck&feature=youtu.be<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

With Lorrraine: https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZSEvcvcImls<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Interviews even happened about Cher interviews: <\/span>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W8aEhHAEvyU<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

An interesting panel discussion with the Mama Mia 2<\/em> cast and creators: <\/span>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DfEHEiIKPQM&feature=youtu.be <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

A story about her wig in the movie: https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/showbiz\/719705\/cher-mamma-mia-hair-wig-film-musical-abba-fernando-super-trooper<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/a>Why We Love Cher<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n