No, that’s not a typo. Disney, who once suckered me into thinking High School Musical was just a nice, family movie (I even bought the damn DVD for my oldest) instead of a marketing juggernaut, has decided to turn its mega popular hit into — get this — an ice show! Why didn’t I think of that? Oh, I know, because a movie about basketball doesn’t translate to ice skates, that’s fucking why!

This is in addition to an upcoming theater touring company (expected to be in over 60 cities by 2008, christ, does it ever end?) as well as a sequel coming this summer. Like the previous live performances, the top tickets are reserved for rich parents that want to spoil their kids at $75 a pop. I might pay $75 to see Zac Efron sliding around on the ice and falling on his ass, but none of the original stars will be appearing — instead, it will probably be a bunch of 20-something losers who had their Olympic dreams dashed trying to pass themselves off as teenagers.

So are cheesy musicals the new boy bands?

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