Sunday, August 19, 2007
HSM24EVR!
High School Musical 2 debuted on the Disney Channel this weekend, which is why you may have noticed a sudden surfeit of preteens at go kart tracks and food courts near you. I have to admit that I missed out on the first High School Musical bandwagon, but since I like to be down with the kids (but not in a To Catch a Predator way, thank you), I decided to check this one out. There are definitely worse ways to spend a weekend afternoon, especially if you fast forward liberally like I did.
The "story" concerns a group of high schoolers who apparently never drink or have sex, but instead play sports, perform catchy musical numbers, and generally have wholesome fun. They're also exceedingly ethnically diverse, with three black kids, two Hispanics, a fat chick, a girl with glasses, and more (undeclared) gay boys than you can shake a stick at, no pun intended. They all get summer jobs at some rich girl's parents' country club, and then are somehow surprised when this turns out not to be a super fun and great idea. Of course there's a romance, too, and lots of tossed out allegations that people have "changed." Add lots of cute haircuts and clothes you can nag your parents for in the months to come, and you've got a worthy successor to Disney Channel favorites like Model Behavior and Zenon, Girl of the 21st Century.
Rumor has it there's a High School Musical 3 on the way, potentially with a Halloween theme. Could we possibly be so richly blessed?
High School Musical 2 debuted on the Disney Channel this weekend, which is why you may have noticed a sudden surfeit of preteens at go kart tracks and food courts near you. I have to admit that I missed out on the first High School Musical bandwagon, but since I like to be down with the kids (but not in a To Catch a Predator way, thank you), I decided to check this one out. There are definitely worse ways to spend a weekend afternoon, especially if you fast forward liberally like I did.
The "story" concerns a group of high schoolers who apparently never drink or have sex, but instead play sports, perform catchy musical numbers, and generally have wholesome fun. They're also exceedingly ethnically diverse, with three black kids, two Hispanics, a fat chick, a girl with glasses, and more (undeclared) gay boys than you can shake a stick at, no pun intended. They all get summer jobs at some rich girl's parents' country club, and then are somehow surprised when this turns out not to be a super fun and great idea. Of course there's a romance, too, and lots of tossed out allegations that people have "changed." Add lots of cute haircuts and clothes you can nag your parents for in the months to come, and you've got a worthy successor to Disney Channel favorites like Model Behavior and Zenon, Girl of the 21st Century.
Rumor has it there's a High School Musical 3 on the way, potentially with a Halloween theme. Could we possibly be so richly blessed?
