Ah, ‘High School Musical.’
Sure, we’re now all in college, but I’m still looking for a person that doesn’t (at least secretly) love ‘High School Musical.’ Even if you say you don’t, you’re lying, because you don’t want your friends to think you’re obsessed with Disney. It’s fine though, because chances are, all your friends secretly love it too.’
I’ll be the first to admit that I have a fond admiration for both ‘High School Musical’ movies, and Zac Efron is certainly not hard on the eyes. In fact, I will also admit that my friend sent me a ‘High School Musical’ birthday card, complete with a locker poster of Zac Efron as Troy Bolton (yes, clearly it was intended for teenagers or even pre-adolescents).
Needless to say, I was more than elated when I heard the news that ‘High School Musical 3’ was due to come out, and in theaters no less. Luckily, by chance I was able to see this movie preview with one of my best friends, who also happened to be as excited as I was.
And why wouldn’t we be? ‘High School Musical’ has a good looking cast and terribly catchy songs, that if you’re crazier than I am, you can learn the dances to. No, the plot isn’t complicated, and it is definitely cliché: Girl is new at school, girl meets boy, the friends of boy and girl don’t want them to be together, boy and girl overcome all obstacles and fall in love.
But even with a simple plot line, it’s appealing to everyone. Yes, it was marketed for teenagers and teeny-boppers and all of those in between, but even college kids love it. There’s just something about Troy and Gabriella singing ‘Breaking Free’ that makes all of us romantics swoon.
‘High School Musical 3’ even has the potential to draw older viewers in, since it deals with the cast’s senior year of high school, and naturally the whole graduation and college application process. Who doesn’t know what that’s like, to be afraid of the scary, unknown college world away from all of your friends (and possible boyfriend or girlfriend)?
I can relate to that, and I’m a junior in college. But of course that’s not really why I’m going to see ‘HSM 3’: I’m going because I like cheesy movie sound tracks that I can sing and dance to while I’m getting ready to go out, and because I have a now not-so-secret crush on Zac Efron.
On Oct. 25 (because let’s be realistic ‘-we’re in college and we like to go out on Friday nights) I will be sitting in a packed movie theater with all my other college-age ‘HSM ‘aficionados, and we will be back around campus Monday singing the 10 new songs from the movie to our hearts’ content.
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