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One thing I like about the British press is their tendency to drop literary -- even *speculative fiction* literary -- allusions into everyday articles and just *expect people to get them.* Maybe it's just me, but I don't see the same thing happening in most NA newspapers.

"A musical set on a Greek island and featuring 25 of Abba's greatest hits at
a rate of one song every five-and-a-half minutes? A ludicrous idea;
audiences and critics will laugh it off the stage before the interval, won't
they? And, yet, Mamma Mia has become the biggest of all smash hits, making
millions at the box office and spreading throughout the world like some
musical triffid." (Telegraph)