Mamma Mia!

It’s viewed as many other things, like a transition out of adolescence and into the next phase of life. It can also be a bigger deal for the bride and groom’s parents than themselves. In the movie and Broadway musical Mamma Mia, Sophie, the daughter of a hard-working inn owning mother blows up at her mom for trying to live vicariously through her: “DONNA (mother): Isn 't that what you want? SOPHIE: No. No, that 's what you want. Yes! God! You just...You have no idea. You…

the Disney Pixar’s Toy Story trilogy. Just like Tom Cruise, Hanks also founded a production company called the Playtone, which coproduced box-office films like The Polar Express, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, and the Golden Globe nominated film, Mamma Mia!, starring Meryl Streep. “Being rich isn't about money, being rich is a state of mind. Some of us no matter how much money we have, will never be free enough to take time to stop and eat the heart of the watermelon. And some of us will be…

In 2012, Hirsch et al. published a study called Personalized Persuasion: Tailoring Persuasive Appeals to Recipients’ Personality Trait in which they created five different advertisements for one singular product. Each advertisement was specifically designed for one of the “Big Five Personality Traits” which are openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. In that paper they found that if they matched the marketing package specifically to each personality trait that…

known for their music, Sweden is the 3rd biggest exporter in the world, of making music. “Its most famous musical export is ABBA, who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 with their song Waterloo”(“Facts About Sweden” 3). ABBA went on to star in Mamma Mia! Which is now an international star movie. Sweden’s art is also well known. From their graphic design to their literature, Sweden is…

Money, money, money always sunny and it’s a rich man’s world. This catchy tune made by alba was in one flick called Mamma Mia. The meaning behind this song was not that she wanted just money to get away and be successful but she wished that it was easier to find ways to obtain this money and to stop struggling. Unfortunately it’s not always easy to just save every penny you get, because why not spend the money you get, when you have it? This is how many college students may take it, knowing…

In Katherine Mansfield’s short story “Miss Brill” the main character feels like “Life is like a play.” Every Sunday she goes to Jardins Publiques, but on one particular Sunday it hits her that it is all like a play and she is just one of the many actors/actresses. From the band playing along and the same people showing up to many little aspects that Miss Brill pulls together to explain why it is like a play. Every Sunday of the year the band plays in Jardins Publiques. On this particular…

They went to a poutine restaurant, a dog shelter and practiced for Jordyn’s big production of Mamma Mia at Persephone that was coming up in May. The two of them had become closer in two months, than most people ever become in their entire life. Jordyn had formed a huge crush on the tall brunette and didn’t feel she was being too discreet about it…

The Darkest Hour presents the British government during World War II and how Winston Churchill became a significant player in winning the war and saving many soldiers from Dunkirk. The movie is a partial biography of Winston Churchill, personality interpreted by Gary Oldman, who also won an Oscar as the best leading role. The movie shows different sides of the same character. Winston travels from an angry and indelicate personality from an understanding and feverous leader one by the end of the…

Double consciousness encompasses more than just one group of people. The process of partitioning someone’s mind causes a huge strain on any individual. I believe that always focusing on one side causes them not to accept themselves as who they are. We see double consciousness in Asian American culture through “The Woman Warrior” and we see it in Dominican American culture through ‘Oscar Wao” Double consciousness is a term first coined by W.E.B DuBois in In “The Souls of Black Folk”. The term is…

“I’m Not Good. I’m Not Nice. I’m Just Right. I’m the Witch.” In the 2014 film Into the Woods, Rob Marshall, the director, whimsically incorporates what used to be classic tales of Cinderella, Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Little Red Riding Hood into a modern musical with a twist. All of the characters travel into the woods for their respective reasons on intertwining paths, and they meet because of a curse placed years ago by The Witch. Although these characters may cross paths, they…