just started watching High School Musical 2 for next week's @OverinvestedPod, and within the space of like 30 seconds i went from "why tf did a listener request this??" to "this is a BOP!!!"

HSM2 is so intensely Disney Channel it's like Disney Channel drag.

zac efron is an underappreciated comedic talent..... the sheer vacancy in his eyes lol

this mid-2000s dance-pop routine about service industry labour... "if we work together we can work this out"? karl marx who!

this movie is such a valuable time capsule for a unique time in american fashion.

this G-rated-yet-tangibly-homoerotic baseball musical number. oh my god.

one cannot underestimate the impact of the Hays Code on modern cinema.