If you are a parent, especially to a young to tween-age girl, you are likely to know that – oh my gosh – Disney’s High School Musical 2 is coming to the small screen this Friday night!!! Oh yeah! The first one was a huge success and (shhh) I can admit it, but I am “hopelessly devoted” to movie musicals. Ya, I went there. Anyway – my daughter and I have a TV movie date night on Friday and I couldn’t be happier.
I heard they were actually screening the show on the big screen in certain places and while searching the web for that information (I came up empty handed), I found this little doozy from Dateline:Hollywood. Here’s the best part:
“High School Musical 2″ starts with all of the cast members from the original film getting summer jobs at an upscale country club. However, in a plot twist downplayed in all of the advertising, Troy (Efron) finds out during the summer that his father has been having secret sexual affairs with both his girlfriend Gabriella (Vanessa Anne Hudgens) and best friend Chad (Corbin Bleu). The news is doubly devastating when Troy finds out Gabriella is pregnant, meaning his girlfriend will soon bear his half-brother. The trauma leads Troy to start snorting heroin with Chad and, eventually, take his own life by drowning himself. “Even though it’s a suicide, we still have a fanastic dance number as I go under the water,” said Efron.
Seriously – this is hilarious. I love it – it’s like The Onion for celebrity news. If you know me, you know my primary news sources are the tabloids – they are my guilty pleasures. So this spin on the stories is hilarious and mucho apreciado. Take a look – you’ll find yourself cracking up.
