紐約第八大道／西五十七街
8th Avenue and 57th Street
Saturday, July 19, 2008
看了Mamma Mia!
昨天和朋友Monica一起去看了好好笑又很有趣的音樂片：Mamma Mia! 都是大明星，演出精彩，不怕出醜。真好玩。我記得高中時和好朋友一起合唱ABBA的歌曲，在住校的晚上，大家感受深刻的友誼和少年以為是真的永恆的愛。在臺灣長大的我不曉得ABBA在美國竟是大家只能偷偷喜歡的樂團：因為怕被旁人笑話，愛這個外國假猩猩的音樂。真奇妙：同一個事件造成兩莊完全不同的歷史，和兩個絕然不同的經驗。
Went to see Mamma Mia, the movie musical, with Monica yesterday. It's a funny and entertaining movie. Lots of famous actors and they definitely gave their all and did not pull back, even when they were being absolutely silly. It was so much fun. I remember singing ABBA songs with high school pals, at night in our boarding school. We used the music to express our deep friendship and the sense of love eternal that only teenagers could imagine of having. Growing up in Taiwan, I never knew that ABBA was deemed uncool in certain circles by the young people here in the States. Some could only like the group and their music covertly for fear of being made fun of. Many thought that this "foreign group" was somehow inferior, non-intellectual, or just fake. How odd -- the same group, same "events" created two completely different histories and utterly opposite experiences.
Went to see Mamma Mia, the movie musical, with Monica yesterday. It's a funny and entertaining movie. Lots of famous actors and they definitely gave their all and did not pull back, even when they were being absolutely silly. It was so much fun. I remember singing ABBA songs with high school pals, at night in our boarding school. We used the music to express our deep friendship and the sense of love eternal that only teenagers could imagine of having. Growing up in Taiwan, I never knew that ABBA was deemed uncool in certain circles by the young people here in the States. Some could only like the group and their music covertly for fear of being made fun of. Many thought that this "foreign group" was somehow inferior, non-intellectual, or just fake. How odd -- the same group, same "events" created two completely different histories and utterly opposite experiences.
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