In my Sunday column, I wrote about my adventures at the "Mamma Mia" sing-along movie now in theaters. A reader writes:

Next time, Take a Chance On Me. I invited my office staff to go last Thursday. Only one person and her six year old daughter could come. I had to drag my Abba-neutral husband along to do the Pierce Brosnan parts. I did carefully choose my all white outfit complete with a fringed three-quarter-length poncho which would flutter nicely in the dance numbers. Aside from the couple who laughed at my husband's movie trailer joke, the audience of twelve, including a back row group of 8-9, was silent. No singing, no encouragement and when I finally did get up to dance, not a peep. The six-year old did try to sing, and her mother told me the next day she was quite miffed that Mom had not purchased a CD so she could have known the words.

My response: I can see that it'd much tougher to do an Abba sing-along at a sparsely attended matinee. That's why I wanted to whip everyone into shape right after the sing-along version opened so we could get some real crowd energy. I'm guessing that your Abba-neutral husband did a better job than Pierce, eh?