- Network: ABC , Disney Channel , Freeform , Disney+
- Series Premiere Date: Nov 8, 2019
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Overall, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series is as charming and endearingly tongue-in-cheek as that title would suggest. It mostly exists in that sweet spot between pure empty nostalgia and something completely new, a series that hits you with those sense memories from a simpler time while, once or twice an episode, reaching high notes all its own.
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This is a Disney show, so it can’t really go full bore into Ryan Murphy’s brand of strident political incorrectness. Instead it does a warmed-over version, providing a little bite here and there, but otherwise pitching the humor toward lukewarm screwball.
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It's a very meta, but mostly meh, homage. ... It's like Glee without very much glee. [11-24 Nov 2019, p.16]
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The show seems aimed at fully self-aware meta humor, but it’s not quite sharp enough to pull off self-mockery, and at the same time, too loopingly referential to just be a straight remake.
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Beyond an Instagram reference here and there, its first couple episodes just doesn’t do much to reflect that the show is set well over a decade from when Efron and Hudgens first hit the stage, or make a case for why this story might be interesting to tell now beyond “people know what ‘High School Musical’ is and Disney Plus needed content.”
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 21 out of 37
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Mixed: 3 out of 37
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Negative: 13 out of 37
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Nov 13, 2019Disappointed! Really wanted to enjoy this but just didn’t believe some of the characters.
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Nov 11, 2019I like it a lot! A fun watch for sure and the actors are so talented and have amazing singing voices
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Apr 19, 2020