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I just noticed an ad for the North Shore Music Theatre that advertised its upcoming season, which included a stage adaptation of Disney's raging phenomenon (doo doo dee doo doo) that is their made-for-TV teen movie High School Musical. I haven't seen the thing, but you can guess from the title that it's a show about a high school putting on a musical. And, according to several Disney-watching sites, schools have already expressed interest in getting the stage rights for their own performances. So if the rights were granted...

We'd have a high school.

Putting on a musical.

About a high school.

Putting on a musical.

Oh, sure, shows-within-shows ain't nothin new (sup, Kiss Me, Kate; how ya doin, The Producers?) but this... this is almost just too meta for me.

Unless one was to write a screenplay about a high school... putting on a musical... about a high school... putting on a musical...

(ka-BLOOIE!)

Comments

Completely off the musical thing...

[allicat42.livejournal.com]

Have you seen THIS:

http://www.wsbtv.com/family/11077527/detail.html

Costumes For Cats A Felony?
Restaurant Giving Out Cat Costumes

POSTED: 11:23 pm EST February 21, 2007

TAMPA, Fla. -- Letting the cat out of the bag isn't the problem. It's putting the cat in the bag that's causing controversy.

The Checkers Drive-in chain is running a "Rapcat" promotion. The Tampa-based, fast-food company has a special take-out bag with cutaways for a cat's legs and tail.

Checkers is encouraging customers to dress up their cats with the bag, which is designed to look like a basketball jersey. But officials of Hillsborough County Animal Services warn that putting an unwilling cat into a "Rapcat" bag could be considered felony animal cruelty.

Officials of Checkers said they meant no harm, adding that since the chain began airing Rapcat commercials last fall, customers have been clamoring for Rapcat merchandise.

Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Re: Completely off the musical thing...

[fancycwabs.livejournal.com]

But Rap Cat is awesome!

Observe:

Re: Completely off the musical thing...

[ungratefulninja.livejournal.com]

The sad part is, I know exactly what episode of The Oblongs that was, just based on the two-second snippet. And I don't even watch the show.

Damn you, photographic memory!