I feel really excited for the renewal of a semi-regular event from last year: movie Thursdays. The theater on the Common has student discounts on Thursdays, which we sometimes discount further by sneaking into another movie (which partly explains how I saw Step Up 2 three times in the theater). It's the perfect break from the week and beginning to the weekend.
This week we're going to see High School Musical 3 (there's sound at that link). There's sort of not a lot to say beyond how totally ridiculous it is that we're going to see it. I saw HSM2 shortly after getting back from Malawi last summer, which was a hilarious re-entry to American hype and pop culture; I later saw HSM at a party of a cohort-mate from my masters. Somehow I extend that a step further (too far?) to think that my school experiences are really closely linked to the HSM series.
Or maybe I'm just dying for a thoughtless movie. What could be better than a movie musical about squeeky clean high school seniors for that?
The musical part of the movie is fundamental to the whole movie (it's called a "musical" afterall), but here seems so outlandish in the spontaneity and topic of their songs. There's always one required sports-related song, preferably mid-game/practice. It's musicals at their best and worst--trying too hard or maybe just that wholesome? The New Yorker puts it best, saying HSM3 is, "launching into song the way that normal folk go to the bathroom—regularly, politely, and because, if they didn’t, well, darn it, they might just burst."
Count me in.
This week we're going to see High School Musical 3 (there's sound at that link). There's sort of not a lot to say beyond how totally ridiculous it is that we're going to see it. I saw HSM2 shortly after getting back from Malawi last summer, which was a hilarious re-entry to American hype and pop culture; I later saw HSM at a party of a cohort-mate from my masters. Somehow I extend that a step further (too far?) to think that my school experiences are really closely linked to the HSM series.
Or maybe I'm just dying for a thoughtless movie. What could be better than a movie musical about squeeky clean high school seniors for that?
The musical part of the movie is fundamental to the whole movie (it's called a "musical" afterall), but here seems so outlandish in the spontaneity and topic of their songs. There's always one required sports-related song, preferably mid-game/practice. It's musicals at their best and worst--trying too hard or maybe just that wholesome? The New Yorker puts it best, saying HSM3 is, "launching into song the way that normal folk go to the bathroom—regularly, politely, and because, if they didn’t, well, darn it, they might just burst."
Count me in.
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