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| Zac Efron | ... | ||
| Vanessa Hudgens | ... |
Gabriella Montez
(as Vanessa Anne Hudgens)
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| Ashley Tisdale | ... | ||
| Lucas Grabeel | ... | ||
| Corbin Bleu | ... | ||
| Monique Coleman | ... | ||
| Bart Johnson | ... | ||
| Alyson Reed | ... | ||
| Chris Warren | ... |
Zeke Baylor
(as Chris Warren Jr.)
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| Olesya Rulin | ... | ||
| Ryne Sanborn | ... | ||
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Socorro Herrera | ... | |
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Joey Miyashima | ... | |
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Dutch Whitlock | ... | |
| Ryan Templeman | ... | ||
Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez are two totally different teenagers who meet at a party while singing karaoke on New Year's Eve. One week later Troy goes back to his high school, East High, in New Mexico to find that Gabriella is a new student there. They quickly become close friends and accidentally audition for the school musical. After getting a callback, drama queen Sharpay Evans and her sidekick brother Ryan are furious. Then Chad, Troy's best friend and basketball teammate, and Taylor, Gabriella's new friend on the decathlon team, must find out a way to make Gabriella hate Troy. Written by ShannonO'Reilly
Romantically entangled High Schoolers who don't kiss? Students who drink milk with their lunches? A "be true to yourself" message that includes all the timidly heterosexual students (none of whom struggle with their sexual identity)? Ridiculously stereotyped faculty members and parents who can do no wrong by their kids?
As many have mentioned, this is a shameful throwback to the early-mid 20th century.
I'm not sure whether this paints a more bleak picture of the Disney operation or of a wide swath of the downward-spiraling American culture.