On Friday night, Steve and Jonah and I curled up on the sofa to watch High School Musical 2. I never saw the first one; my boys never cared about it. But I knew that the first one was supercool from my nieces and the girls on our block. I was very curious to see what all the hoopla was about.

I can see why this movie was so popular. It appeals to girls as they move from the horse and unicorn stage to the young gay boy stage.  Evidence A – the Hat and the Belt.

Evidence B – The Baseball Dance

This movie was jaw droppingly bad. Steve and I kept trying to stifle laughing, because Jonah was loving it. In addition to the homo-erotic subtext in the movie and horrendous wardrobe, The hokey editing transitions from the cheerful dialog to the over produced, studio songs cracked me up. As a bonus, we were treated to candid (wink, wink) conversation among the actors about how swell it was to film this movie. I feel quite certain that some enterprising college students were dropping acid while watching it.