{"id":3753,"date":"2018-07-22T18:08:12","date_gmt":"2018-07-22T18:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2018\/07\/22\/mamma-mia-here-we-go-again-the-sequels-best-musical-sequence-wasnt-even-in-the-original-script\/"},"modified":"2018-07-22T18:08:12","modified_gmt":"2018-07-22T18:08:12","slug":"mamma-mia-here-we-go-again-the-sequels-best-musical-sequence-wasnt-even-in-the-original-script","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2018\/07\/22\/mamma-mia-here-we-go-again-the-sequels-best-musical-sequence-wasnt-even-in-the-original-script\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again\u2019: The Sequel\u2019s Best Musical Sequence Wasn\u2019t Even in the Original Script"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor’s note: The following\u00a0contains\u00a0spoilers\u00a0<\/strong>for “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again<\/a>.”<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s only fitting that long-awaited sequel “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” ends with a massive final song-and-dance sequence that brings together the entire cast, regardless of the timeline they inhabit in the film. Ol Parker’s film serves as both a sequel and a prequel to the 2008 film, with one timeline following Lily James as a young Donna (played in the first film by Meryl Streep) as she makes her way to the Greek island that will become her home, while another focuses on Donna’s now-grown daughter Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) as she attempts to make her mother’s dream of owning a hotel on the island come true.<\/p>\n

The two timelines combine into one charmingly over-the-top final musical sequence, a splashy finale that blends together younger versions of characters with their older selves, including the entire cast of the first film. It’s the kind of high-energy send-off that pulls directly from the film’s musical theater roots, and it almost didn’t happen.<\/p>\n