# Warning: Liberal use of platform boots and white spandex ahead **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 17, 2000, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-liberal-use-of-platform-boots-and-white-spandex-ahead/46001 "2000-12-17T08:17:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![slackergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@slackergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slackergirl)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-liberal-use-of-platform-boots-and-white-spandex-ahead/46001/1 "2000-12-17T08:17:34Z")
Yup, I just got back from seeing Mamma Mia, the musical entirely based on ABBA songs. I have never been a fan, I was more the type to crack my ribs at Metallica shows as a teenager, but I tagged along with some friends and ended up having a great time. The show was cool, the music was great, the costumes were amazingly cheesy, but in a good way. I’ve never seen a crowd of fortysomethings dancing in the aisles of the theater before, but they were tonight. I was really impressed by how well they were able to use the songs to serve the story. One of the funniest was “Lay All Your Love on Me”, sung by a chorus of guys dancing in wetsuits, snorkels, and fins. Definitely a cream-puff of a show. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-liberal-use-of-platform-boots-and-white-spandex-ahead/46001/2 "2000-12-17T10:53:48Z")
I can only hope that you know how diseased your words sound. Having said that, I’ll say it really seems as if you had a terrific time. Serious cheese (sorry, a band already has that name) is an amazing sort of thing when executed correctly (as in a firing squad). Sorry, but I just had to agree with you in this strange sort of way.