CineBad!!!

Until I rented this tape, I, like many other young Americans of my age, had never fully experienced the concept of ABBA. I own the ABBA Gold CD; I’ve sat and stalwartly refused to dance to “Dancing Queen” at many a nightclub, and yet I really had no idea exactly how cheesy and annoying ABBA could be. Let me say that the results were outstanding.

If you’re already an ABBA fan, you’ll enjoy watching the evolution of Agnetha’s eyeshadow from huge, geometric blue triangles to elongated blue streaks. You’ll also enjoy watching Anni-Frid’s various stanges of permanent wave.

If you’re not an ABBA fan, then this tape may actually change your mind. ABBA’s producers pull every trick out of the late-70’s hat, including gratuitous use of blue screen, soft focus filters, and sudden zooms and close-ups! The sets are a hoot too! I especially like ABBA in ski-wear, singing “Fernando” in front of a 15 foot high blue-screened snowman. How touching!

Ace of Bass have been called “The New ABBA!” As if! Show me one giant snowman in any Ace of Bass video.