mom2binnyc

...stick to the status quo!"

Guilty pleasure: High School Musical!!! At our church's retreat in May, ALL of the kids of all ages, boys and girls, were all singing the songs from this Disney movie. For the talent show, they each sang and/or danced to the musical numbers. They all LOVED it!!! So I thought it must be pretty good, and recently got it from netflix.

Okay, the thing is, it actually is really entertaining. It is cheesy and SO disney, but there were some good songs and a moment or two where I cried. Boy meets girl and they have a magic moment where they sing together. But she is a math genious and he is a basketball star. Therefore, they can't possibly audition for their high school's musical. But they end up auditioning, much to the horror of the bitchy girl and her gay brother who have ALWAYS starred in the school plays. The message of the film is "don't hide your interests and/or talents" which is exemplified in the song "Stick to the Status Quo" which is amazingly catchy. I watched that part of the movie about 4 times, and made C watch it with me.

In that song, some of the kids in school are inspired by the basketball player's "coming out" as a singer/actor to reveal their own talents and interests. Like, another basketball player admits he loves baking, a studious girl says she loves hip hop music and dancing, a skater boy says he plays the cello. Everyone is anxious to hear these secrets, but the student body at large cannot handle these multiple identities (a boy can't play basketball AND bake!) so the chorus is "no no no! Stick to the stuff you know! If you wanna be cool, follow one simple rule, don't mess with the flow no no, just stick to the status quo!"

So anyway, I downloaded that song off of iTunes and have been listening to it all day and and singing it and totally driving C crazy. Especially since she didn't watch the movie and thinks that the message of the song is "stick to the status quo" but the message of the film is really to do what makes you happy!

Anyway, it's totally geared towards 8-10 year olds, but I liked it A LOT and I recommend the movie and especially this song -- they all sing and dance around the cafeteria like in "Fame" -- it's so good!