There is a rather funny clip from the fund raising event Red Nose Day by French and Saunders. They really are the epitome of comedy: truly hilarious women with the acting chops to prove it. The pair take on Mamma Mia! in this particularly sketch. I am not a great fan of the original musical (which I saw on the West End in its first production) or the film. Far too showy and lacking a particular depth for my taste. However, I am a great fan of Ms. Meryl and attended despite my better judgements. She was lovely, as was my Pierce. But the young actors were atrocious—why they let anyone under 25 in front of a camera I don’t know—and the music, well, all I have to say is Swedish “dance hall” music is not my idea of quality. Chopin, Mozart, even Wagner. But I have standards.
French and Saunders’s send-up, however, is priceless. They captured the rather perverted happiness of the thing and turned it back on itself:
Part I:
And part II:
Speaking of which, apparently the Americans are making a remake of AbFab*. I’m not expecting much, though it should be diverting to see how much they manage to mangle it. I’ll be interested to see how many of my American readers react. Do keep me posted.
*the groundbreaking comedy starring Jennifer Saunders and written by her and Dawn French. A real gem of a time where two middling ladies of high fashion live to the fullest.
Update: Apparently, some genius at YouTube has made it impossible to embed the second half of the parody. Though for some strange reason I can embed the first half with no trouble at all. Perhaps there is a secret message of some sort hidden within the film that makes it highly dangerous for anyone on a blog to view it.
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