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High School Musical tells the story of an idealized
dream high school. This tells you the story of all three parts of the musical.
Because all characters are clichés, the stories are as well. You name it you
get it. No surprises, but then no bad surprise either. It’s definitely a pretty
little filmlet with pretty stars that sing prettily pretty little songs. That’s
it. It all reminded me of the 1970s touring show Up With People, nice songs, nice
people, nice show, otherwise utterly not memorable. Even the style of the song
material was the same in the show as it is now in the musical.
But then, what can you expect from a film called
High School Musical which, like its two prequels, tells the story of a high
school musical that should be performed? But now comes the turn-around you
didn’t expect. I’ve seen all three of them and I liked them.
The films are utterly enjoyable, because you need
absolutely no brains to follow. You even might walk out for 30 minutes and come
back and won’t be lost in the story, the plot is so predictable. The music
doesn’t offend or excite, you may read a book with it and never even notice it
is playing. The acting is just good enough for high school, so nothing to
complain there either. It’s a pure Disney product in a fantasy world high
school. But time and again I was reminded of my own high school. So all in all,
it’s good value for the money. Just don’t expect any depth in story or acting.
The newest Disney product has been selling millions
of DVDs and CDs in the United States and millions more worldwide. No wonder it
went movie, the merchandising potential is enormous. It is just surprising that
such nondescript music is selling like that. But probably it’s also because of
Zac Efron who has become the load stone of many crushes.
Zac
Efron and his girl friend and co-star Vanessa Hudgens have presented themselves
as very likeable and clean young actors in London; as Britney Spears did when
she was employed by Disney. They both seem to be mother-in-law’s dream matches
and as squeaky clean as the movie they just played in. It is to be hoped they
remain that way.
Being
such inoffensive persons, it beats the imagination why they were attacked during
a night out in London. It is quite unutterable, what spite can do to a person.
Another unsavory side link were topless photographs of Zac showering offered
on eBay by a user zerimarr. That’s just plainly tasteless, and probably
Photoshop; and eBay took ages to clean these bids out, as usual. It is time
that people started to respect the right to private life again, even if
somebody is a star. The film is a good start to instruct your children about
that as well.
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