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![]() High School Musical 2 has also been read as low-key exploring themes of queerness. So yeah, in some ways, it's like Animal Farm but with more abs and pop songs. When he starts to regret how his success is affecting his friends, his dad tells him coldly, "it's called a job." In the last song, "All For One", everyone, rich and poor, workers and members, cast aside their differences and uniforms to sing together and have a pool party. When Troy gets the chance to see life from the other side, he's far less against nepotism and wealth than he was before. They are not allowed the same privileges and facilities as the members and are even banned from partaking in the members' annual talent show. They often work from the time the doors open until late at night. As Fulton tells Gabriella, "sometimes, we have to perform tasks, however unpleasant, that are necessary for that all-too-important paycheck to land in our all-too-empty pockets!"Įven if the people in the film don't necessarily believe in the system, they have to work within it to get what they want. It's about the ways in which money can motivate us to do things we wouldn't otherwise. Whether it is or not, the film is explicitly about how horrible it is to work especially to serve those who do not work. I'm not even joking.ĭepending on what side of the fence you sit when it comes to whether you should give in to capitalism in order to survive, you can read High School Musical 2 as either anti- or pro-capitalist. It deals with responsibility, the push-and-pull of work and friends, the real world. It is intentionally funny and a masterclass in visual and spoken comedic timing. It is melodramatic but brutally self-aware a trivia version that aired in the weeks after the premiere included, among other things, a counter on screen that totted up the many times one character changed hats. ![]() The film is, as you might expect, very extra. High School Musical 2 is better than the other films in the franchise because it has the holy trinity of comedy, hard-hitting themes, and absolute belters. Despite being essentially child stars, Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron became one of the most-talked about celebrity couples, with their love and fallings out all over the covers of tabloids.īut why? How could a made-for-TV musical aimed at children manage to not only appeal to its core audience of tweenaged girls whose sexuality would be formed by Zac Efron, but also receive decent reviews and long-lasting success? Simple, really: it fucking bangs. While the first film had brought its stars to global relevance, the second saw that relevance reach new heights. It was better received than the first installment, reviewed well by grown adults, and weirdly popular with teens who loved it "ironically". In 20, between the first two films, the franchise made an estimated $1 billion in operating profit. The film had a budget of $7 million and, despite debuting on television, managed to pull in 17.2 million viewers on its premiere, making it the highest-rated basic-cable telecast of its time. ![]() |
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