The Movie
High School Musical , Remix
The Plot
Two high school students meet on vacation where they sing a duet, thinking they’d never run into each other again. Then school starts
and both discover they attend the same school. Gabriella, a studious mathematician moves to East High School and runs into her former
singing partner, Troy, an all-star athlete and son of the school’s basketball coach. Will they be friends or will their differences keep
them apart?
Starring
Zac Efron, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu, and more.
Review
Grease meets West Side Story meets Romeo and Juliet. Yes, High School Musical has it all! The blessing is that Disney’s dropped all
x-rated materials, did away with gang fights, and said “No” to teen suicide.
In High School Musical two normal—yet highly talented—teenagers struggle to fit in, accept their differences, and find their voices in
the world. It all begins with a Karaoke event while on vacation. It’s there that both discover a natural love for music and singing, but
when they return to the reality of their everyday lives, they’re faced with difficult choices. Do they stay on the comfortable, familiar
path doing what everyone expects of them or do they dare to try something new and discover what truly makes them happy?
As they try out for the school musical, they’re met with opposition on all sides: the jocks think singing and plays are lame, the math
club can think of better ways to spend their time, and Troy’s father finds his new hobby highly distracting—so distracting in fact,
that it could cost the school its next big basketball game! And if that isn’t bad enough, several of their classmates work together to
put an end to both Troy and Gabriella’s relationship and their newfound dreams of starring in the school musical.
It’s the classic case of trying to find common ground between fitting in and being true to yourself.
In the end, however, Troy and Gabriella find a way to have it all and their classmates discover that it’s okay to do things
differently—in fact, it can actually be cool.
To be quite honest, it’s about time more wholesome shows are being aired for the younger generation. Sure, High School Musical is a
mushy, unrealistic take on high school, but sometimes that’s just what our kids need! Let them dream! Let them laugh! Let their
imaginations soar—and that’s just what this film does.
Your Task
Watch High School Musical with your pre-teens (because from what I’m told, it’s too goody-goody for today’s teens). Then sit down and
ask your children what they’d like to do if money were no object, time wasn’t a factor, and the opinions of their classmates didn’t
matter. Listen to them without judging, without correcting, and without making faces. Just let them dream.
Once your children tell you what they’d do, ask them how they’d go about doing it. In other words, let the dream live and if, by the end
of the discussion your kids really want to give their dream a try—you’ll have the insight to take the next step.
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