Thursday, October 30, 2008

Disney is Full of Shit

High School Musical 3 set a bunch of box-office records over the weekend. No matter your opinion of the Disney franchise, its success advances an unsettling myth: That real high school musicals are entertaining.

Advocates would probably maintain they give the performers of tomorrow the chance to grow as they trot the boards and learn under the direction of an art-teacher-who-has nearly-had-his-position-eliminated.

But just as not every high school football team can win the state championship, don't expect Central High's production of "The Pirates of Penzance" to do much more than get the kids fired up for forensics season.

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