RH Reality Check: Mamma Mia! is also a movie in which female sexuality is celebrated without its objectification or punishment for its protagonists, and female sexuality is presented from young womanhood all the way through middle age and beyond. . . In its way, the movie may reach more people as a stealth advocate of sexual egalitarianism -- which could be just what its nearly all-female team of production, writing and direction (a Hollywood rarity) had in mind. . The concept of three men revolving around a matriarchal family core is celebrated.
While The Dark Knight dealt with themes of power and violence, Mamma Mia! was about the more domestic, but no less universal, themes of family and forgiveness. . Critics slobbered all over themselves heaping praise on the former, while many admitted being embarrassed by Mamma Mia! . . The contrast between the way the two have been received makes one wonder why, to start with, we consider singing and dancing showpieces to be "silly" while Batpods, metal suits, and improbably-rigged explosives are allowed be taken quite seriously. . .
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