Posted by Michael Musto at 12:31 PM, April 15, 2008
Meryl Streep singing ABBA might seem like the height of absurdity--like Pavarotti doing REO Speedwagon—but as the queen of accents and the foremost screen interpreter of international culture, she did play a Danish lady in Out of Africa, so why not sing something a little Swedish? At last night's tribute to the goddess Meryl at Lincoln Center, the last clip shown was one from Mamma Mia!, and it wasn't one of the montagey ones I've seen in trailers—you know, where you hear music, but no one's actually singing. In this clip, Meryl stood high on a hill, her hair flowing in the wind, as she warbled "The Winner Takes it All" to Pierce Brosnan, who wisely just stood there as she emoted, ran, and competed with the scenery by belting it out. Using all her craft—and really rocking out on the high notes—Meryl's performance got one of the night's biggest ovations. What next—Meryl does the Village People?
Posted by: Gwen Verdon, Mitzi Gaynor, and Norma Desmond at April 15, 2008 12:49 PM
She sounded fantastic in that clip last night - I'll be at the Ziegfeld opening weekend to see this now for sure.
Posted by: ileen at April 15, 2008 4:16 PM
The play looked awful but maybe it'll work better as a film. And are those the gals from "Muriel's Wedding" in the trailer?
Posted by: e.j. tweaker at April 16, 2008 11:34 AM
70s actress streep chugging away in 21st century teenage junk almost as bad as bela lugosi stuck in ed wood movies...worse than lugosi stuck in those fun wood movies.
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