ameliasscanwells:

I’ve seen people saying that Cher playing Meryl Streep’s mother in the Mamma Mia sequel stretches credulity because they’re the same age IRL, and to that I say: do you even go here? No one is going to see Mamma Mia 2: Here We Go Again for realism or accuracy or good casting. This is a sequel ten years in the making to a movie musical from 2008 in which Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgård. and Colin Firth danced around in sequined disco outfits singing ABBA’s “Waterloo.” A movie in which Julie Walters does a split-second Elvis impression while singing “Dancing Queen.” A movie with an entire musical number dedicated to the fact that Christine Baranski’s milkshake brings all the boys to the yard. No one is watching this movie for quality, you fools. We are here to act stupid in public and sing along (badly) to ABBA. The camp is a feature, not a bug.