On a Romantic Island: Shakespeare and Mamma mia
The paper concerns the blockbuster musical film Mamma mia, loosely using some of Shakespearean patterns, topoi and plots. Set on a small Greek island, idylic and exotic, the film offers a contemporary romantic story with new/reversed roles in terms of gender, parenthood, sexuality, marriage and age,...
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| description | The paper concerns the blockbuster musical film Mamma mia, loosely using some of Shakespearean patterns, topoi and plots. Set on a small Greek island, idylic and exotic, the film offers a contemporary romantic story with new/reversed roles in terms of gender, parenthood, sexuality, marriage and age, pointing to a different cultural paradigm. While the Shakespearean level is recast, remixed and probably less visible, the priority is given to the utopia of the 1970s and to the question of its outcome and transformation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e980d102d6864b15882e630aa2e76ddb2022-12-22T01:10:25ZengLodz University PressMulticultural Shakespeare2300-76052019-12-01203515116110.18778/2083-8530.20.116269On a Romantic Island: Shakespeare and Mamma miaJana B. Wild0Academy of Performing Arts Bratislava, SKThe paper concerns the blockbuster musical film Mamma mia, loosely using some of Shakespearean patterns, topoi and plots. Set on a small Greek island, idylic and exotic, the film offers a contemporary romantic story with new/reversed roles in terms of gender, parenthood, sexuality, marriage and age, pointing to a different cultural paradigm. While the Shakespearean level is recast, remixed and probably less visible, the priority is given to the utopia of the 1970s and to the question of its outcome and transformation.https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/szekspir/article/view/6269mamma miamusicalpopular cultureshakespearethe tempest |
| spellingShingle | Jana B. Wild On a Romantic Island: Shakespeare and Mamma mia Multicultural Shakespeare mamma mia musical popular culture shakespeare the tempest |
| title | On a Romantic Island: Shakespeare and Mamma mia |
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| title_short | On a Romantic Island: Shakespeare and Mamma mia |
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| url | https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/szekspir/article/view/6269 |
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