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High School Musical mania, it's alive and out of hand in our home
Filed under: Tweens, Teens, Media, That's Entertainment
Ah, the High School Musical, that sugary sweet story about the difficulties of being the perfect athlete and yearning to be a singer/actor while being in love with a brainy beauty. My daughter has seen the movie a staggering 53 times since I bought it for her last spring. She also owns the album and is anxiously awaiting the release of the sequel. While I appreciate the fact that this production is squeaky clean in a way that only a Disney production can be, I find the marketing aspect of it to be rather stomach churning. Every time the Disney channel is on, there is some sort of HSM advertisement to keep the frenzy alive and well in the hearts of 'tweens everywhere. The latest ploy is the big brouhaha over the upcoming High School Musical Around the World special to be aired on The Disney channel on Saturday, January 20th. A full day filled with everything High School Musical to celebrate the one year anniversary of the singing sensation. My daughter is already plotting ways in which she can get out of her ski lessons to stay home with her nose glued to the television screen. I can hardly wait....
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1-17-2007 @ 6:57PM
Jasiel said...I feel sorry for you, but who could blame her? That is a great movie and kids have to do something with their time. Would you rather them bother you to death? I hope you get to be more warmer to High School Musical!
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1-17-2007 @ 7:39PM
Jody said...There are certainly much worse things out there for our children to obsess over. Perhaps some of the frenzy is a wake up call that our children do want entertainment of this caliber, and not just the violent, or "grow-up-too fast" trash that is usually produced for them. I took my daughters to the High School Musical Concert when it came to our city two weeks ago, and it was GREAT. A nice evening of entertainment that we enjoyed as a family. You really can't say that very often these days!
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1-17-2007 @ 8:04PM
Maggie said...wow lady.. I think theres alot worse things your daughter could be doing.. IE: drugs, older boyfriend/adult, teen sex, teen pregnancy and the list goes on.. let her be young and enjoy it as long as she can, I think it's a wonderful movie for the teens, so who cares how long it goes on.....
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1-17-2007 @ 8:59PM
Maureen said...I'm really curious about this movie because I had never heard about it until my 5 year old niece started going on and on about it when we had her for a sleepover a few weejs agi. She has the movie and has seen it numerous times.
I admit, I haven't seen it, but I was shocked when my little niece started talking about a movie called "High School Musical". Is it for older children?
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1-17-2007 @ 11:14PM
ann adams said...I watched most of it with Elcie (once) and didn't have any problem with it. It has a PG rating; not quite a G but okay.
I don't have to like the same thing the girls do so long as their "entertainment" is age appropriate and non violent. She loves the music and dancing and, as someone else said, there are far worse things she could be doing.
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1-18-2007 @ 3:23AM
R Biernesser said...my nieces love it and i brought them the dvd game for christmas....BUT I can understand what is being said if I have to listen to it again I might go crazy...lol...
On the other side, I"m glad it's HSM and not some stupid yellow sponge with adult humor geared towards young children...
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1-18-2007 @ 11:47AM
Kimberly said...I agree with Heather that while I have no issues with the movie itself--it's your basic boiler good clean tween fun--the marketing of this movie drives me bonkers. My personal beef is with the multiple "special edition" re-releases; it seems like every month Disney releases it in a slightly different format. And I'm sorry, but I don't think that they are so radically different as to warrant the purchase of multiple copies of this dvd. It's a shamelessly manipulative moneygrab that leaves a very bad taste in my mouth.
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2-05-2007 @ 1:35AM
charli barcena said...Moneque my dad knows mario so I mite be abel to meet yougis.
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