Meryl Streep in the film adaptation of "Mamma Mia"

Am I the only person who feels like we have entered a parallel universe?

It's bizarro enough that anybody would want to MAKE a movie adaptation of "Mamma Mia." OK, maybe not that strange. The musical built around ABBA songs _ despite its announced closing in Vegas _ is a monster hit. And with so many other hit musicals headed for the screen, why not the ABBA story.

It's just that when I think of Ms. Streep, I think "The French Lieutenant's Woman" and "Sophie's Choice." I think of "The Devil Wears Prada," "Adaptation" and "The Bridges of Madison County." I think accents and ultra polished screen work. I think of Brecht, Chekhov, and, less hi-brow even of the delight she seemed to be having doing the live "Prairie Home Companion" show last summer at the Hollywood Bowl.

I do not envision Meryl Streep _ even a thoroughly inebriated Meryl Streep _ ever, in this life or the next, singing the lyrics to "The Winner Takes it all."

Which is why I don't produce movies. No imagination.