09 August 2007
♥ high school musical: an exercise in absurdity.
I don't think I've watched a made-for-TV Disney movie since I was about nine, which, appropriately enough, is the audience I think they're directed at. When I was housesitting a few weekends ago, however, I noticed High School Musical sitting on the DVD player and found myself in a terrible predicament: was I to stick with my intuition and stay away from such juvenile idiocy or find out what all the fuss was about?
Eventually, my desire to see the prequel to Shannon Dougherty's big-screen debut won out. (Hey, there's nothing more interesting than finding out a girl you've known since the third grade may actually become a B-grade celebrity.)
I was shell-shocked. It was like a train wreck; I wanted nothing more than to turn it off, but I couldn't seem to look away. I had to know what happened. Let me just lay out the main points at which I felt compelled to throw myself off the second-floor balcony:
1. The latina female lead is gorgeous. There is no universe in which she would not immediately be accepted by her classmates. There's no way that girl would actually be forced to join the science club or whatever; similarly, there are no beautiful people in such clubs.
2. Since when is being a drama kid the coolest thing you could possibly do? Those kids are proud of the fact that they're weird and somewhat socially outcasted. Please.
3. The basketball team doesn't want their captain or whatever to be in the musical because they want to win some big game, but every time the team practices, they break into song. Maybe if they actually played basketball instead of singing about it, they wouldn't even need him.
The saddest part is that I'll probably watch the second one just to catch a glimpse of my now semi-famous former classmate.
Eventually, my desire to see the prequel to Shannon Dougherty's big-screen debut won out. (Hey, there's nothing more interesting than finding out a girl you've known since the third grade may actually become a B-grade celebrity.)
I was shell-shocked. It was like a train wreck; I wanted nothing more than to turn it off, but I couldn't seem to look away. I had to know what happened. Let me just lay out the main points at which I felt compelled to throw myself off the second-floor balcony:
1. The latina female lead is gorgeous. There is no universe in which she would not immediately be accepted by her classmates. There's no way that girl would actually be forced to join the science club or whatever; similarly, there are no beautiful people in such clubs.
2. Since when is being a drama kid the coolest thing you could possibly do? Those kids are proud of the fact that they're weird and somewhat socially outcasted. Please.
3. The basketball team doesn't want their captain or whatever to be in the musical because they want to win some big game, but every time the team practices, they break into song. Maybe if they actually played basketball instead of singing about it, they wouldn't even need him.
The saddest part is that I'll probably watch the second one just to catch a glimpse of my now semi-famous former classmate.
8/09/2007
