goddamnit.

[kaydeefalls]

I am an elitist theater snob, especially when it comes to musical theater. I worship at the shrine of Stephen Sondheim and do my best to pretend that shows like "Starlight Express" and "Legally Blonde: the Musical" don't actually exist. I'm not an ABBA fan, and I try to turn a blind eye to the continued presence of "Mamma Mia!" on Broadway. The fact that there is a movie of said "Mamma Mia!" coming out makes me wrinkle my nose in vague distaste. The fact that it will have Colin Firth, Meryl Streep, and Pierce Brosnan in it, unfortunately, made me curious enough to watch the trailer, with the sort of fascination one might have observing a train wreck.

And that's where I screwed up, because people? This movie also has Dominic Cooper in it, a.k.a. The History Boys' Dakin.

Shirtless, wet, tanned Dakin.

I have to see this movie now.

Goddamnit. Only for you, Dakin, will I subject myself to two hours of bubblegum sentiments and ABBA.

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I mean, seriously. Pierce Brosnan in a musical. I have to see it, if only to witness James Bond doing a samba.

(And I like Starlight Express, but that's mostly because it was my first show ever and it got me hooked on a lifetime of musicals.)