I'll admit it...

I like musicals. There's just something about people spontaneously bursting into song, I guess. I mean, it worked for Bing Crosby and Donald O'Connor - who apparently spent an inordinate amount of time singing (and dancing) in the rain. And there was always someone just off camera who could toss Elvis a guitar - along with an invisible band and some terrific back-up singers. So while I was never a big ABBA fan, I do like Meryl Streep and I added Mamma Mia! to my Netflix queue - hoping to get it during my free two-week trial period. It came in the mail yesterday and I couldn't wait to get home and watch it. And it was so cute! I mean, aside from the fact that Pierce Brosnan can't sing - it's like he's strangling or something - and that Stellan Skaarsgard shows his naked butt. They managed to work every ABBA hit into the production - I kept waiting for someone to starting belting out, "Do you hear the guns, Fernando?" - but the lyrics didn't quite fit with the story line. However, Meryl Streep was humming Fernando while she was looking for something in the goat house. Cute story, pretty good acting and makes-you-wanna-jump-up-and-dance music - what more can you ask for in a musical?