I’m over at MetaFilter defending High School Musical to the haters.
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2 responses to “Breakin’ free…”
Oh I really enjoyed HSM – much more than I expected, as a card carrying classic musical lover (South Pacific, West Side Story, anyone?) And btw – if you’re a fan of musicals, you might like ‘What Would Barbra Do’ by Emma Brockes of the Guardian — how ‘real life’ might work if you followed musical lessons!
There’s a satire program here called The Chaser that does a regular segment where they live life as a musical (filmed by hidden camera). Once two of them did a whole song and dance routine about returning some pants in a fancy shop, and another time the whole group picked out a random woman at the airport and sang a song to her as if she was their returning housekeeper. Toooo funny.