If you have fruit of the loins of a certain ripeness, as I do, then you know all about High School Musical — the name implying all the creativity went into the show with nothing left over for the title. I say the smashing success of the movie is due to its complete lack of irony, edge, or other trendiness and the focus on telling a simple story in song and dance. What a concept.
Tonight Disney is hoping to catch lightning in a bottle twice by bringing everybody back for a second installment. Why yes, my daughter is going to a HSM2 party tonight, which I found last night when she wouldn’t let me eat any of the chocolate chip cookies she was cooking for the event. For all I know, I’ll be watching it while eating popcorn. I might even enjoy it.
After reading the New York Times hate piece on it, I’m liking my odds of enjoying it a lot better. And I’m thinking the reviewer will enjoy life in general a lot more once they pull the giant pickle out of their ass and stop worrying about what other people think.
For a pickle-less review, we turn to the LA Times whose reviewer got into the spirit of the show. I’m betting the rhythm is going to get all of us watching tonight.
UPDATE:
Apparently 17.2 million viewers tuned in last night, making HSM2 the highest rated basic cable telecast ever, and beating the original by 10 million viewers. I only saw the first half hour, then it was off to walk the dog, and then Monk, which was when I ate my popcorn. My daughter enjoyed the party but her and her friends take was that it wasn’t near as good as the original (I believe the word “stank” was used).
