The craze spreads!
September 27th 2007 20:17
One of my grandchildren in NZ introduced me to High School Musical not long before we left for our trip to the UK. Introduced me inadvertently, I suppose, since I had no choice but to watch the thing – which she’d already watched umpteen times, and knew all the songs, and dance routines. (Some of which she could imitate.)
And now of course, High School Musical 2 is available on DVD – my great-niece here in England already has a copy.
What a phenomenon. You have to wonder a bit at why it’s so popular. It’s fairly cheesy, the songs aren’t great, the story is all over the place, the characters are stereotypes – and it was probably made on a shoe-string budget as a piece of tv filler. Yet somehow it took off.
It’s innocuous, which I suppose is part of its charm – the romances in it aren’t ever going to go anywhere serious, for instance. So I suppose the thing that really makes it is the sheer energy (I was going to say the dancing, but even that isn’t top of the chain.)
Many films survive on their sheer energy. Corbin Bleu, for instance, is also in another Disney movie: Jump In! This one is about a teenage boy who eschews boxing in favour of double dutch rope jumping. Yup. Crazy story, but the thing works because the kids in it are so full of beans they’re a joy to watch.
Anyway, all this by way of a preliminary to the fact that High School Musical is now on the road in the US in three different versions: original musical, the Ice Tour, and the Concert version. Let’s not credit Disney with being slack about making money out of a very fat cash cow. So for those who haven’t actually managed to see the thing yet, you can get your High School Musical tickets online and go see it in one of about fifty cities scattered around the States. Phew!
And now of course, High School Musical 2 is available on DVD – my great-niece here in England already has a copy.
What a phenomenon. You have to wonder a bit at why it’s so popular. It’s fairly cheesy, the songs aren’t great, the story is all over the place, the characters are stereotypes – and it was probably made on a shoe-string budget as a piece of tv filler. Yet somehow it took off.
It’s innocuous, which I suppose is part of its charm – the romances in it aren’t ever going to go anywhere serious, for instance. So I suppose the thing that really makes it is the sheer energy (I was going to say the dancing, but even that isn’t top of the chain.)
Many films survive on their sheer energy. Corbin Bleu, for instance, is also in another Disney movie: Jump In! This one is about a teenage boy who eschews boxing in favour of double dutch rope jumping. Yup. Crazy story, but the thing works because the kids in it are so full of beans they’re a joy to watch.
Anyway, all this by way of a preliminary to the fact that High School Musical is now on the road in the US in three different versions: original musical, the Ice Tour, and the Concert version. Let’s not credit Disney with being slack about making money out of a very fat cash cow. So for those who haven’t actually managed to see the thing yet, you can get your High School Musical tickets online and go see it in one of about fifty cities scattered around the States. Phew!
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