High school Musical: Why?

I have decided to take this post to discuss the mind bending success of HSM.



Reason 1: It is not about a high school but about a fantasy land where everyone works hard ( even though we never see them study), everyone gets in a fantastic college and boyfriends and girlfriends are happily chaste. IT is what I like to call "Saved By The Bell" syndrome. It is what all middle school students hope that high school will be, not what it actually is.



Reason 2: The songs are catchy. Loud, screechy, annoying, obnoxious but don't tell me you haven't caught yourself humming "We're All in This Together" once or twice.



Reason 3: Everybody is gorgeous. Just because the audience is young doesn't mean it's deep.



Reason 4: Disney is phenomenal at marketing its young stars. No one under 14 doesn't know the films stars by name.



So there are my reasons. Now here are five far better musicals to watch:



1.) West Side Story

2.) Moulin Rouge

3.) Chicago

4.) Across the Universe

5.) South Pacific