MASHUP

Troy Bolton + Phillip Carlyle parallels

Zac Efron in GOLD (2022) I did my part, I protected it!

Please, won't somebody say I'll get outta here? Someone gimme my shot or I'll rot here!

Milo Manheim as Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors

high school musical + letterbox’d reviews (but it’s only ½ star reviews)

High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)

The Greatest Showman (2017)

Once a theatre kid, always a theatre kid.

Back on my hsm costumes appreciation bullshit: such a contrast actually between Ryan's outfits before I Don't Dance and after. Through the first movie and at least school segment of the second he has this shirt fully buttoned up, sleeves are never rolled, there's a visible t-shirt underneath. Huge contrast to Wildcats who're always relaxed and slightly sloppy.

Then Ryan is at Lava Springs where he's practically at home and his outfits a bit more summer appropriate and light, but for the dinner sequences when his parents around and there's also important guests he's looking again a bit more like he's hidding behind layers.

And then in I Don't Dance he literally wears all white like a blank canvas after a bit of reassessment of life values is happening for him. But the second half of the hsm2 and whole hsm3 feels like he's taking more risks style wise. Colors are bolder, there's more unbuttoned collar and yet again I'm never gonna be over his knee-high leather boots. And not only he's mentally better and able to standing up for himself against Sharpay, but he's also way more comfortable in his skin.

So to sum up all the above I Don't Dance feels not only extremely coming out codded, but also feels like a losing virginity metaphor.

"He was awesome. That guy is a machine. He doesn't stop! And he really busted his ass in the ring, man! He was really cool. Really cool to work with. I can't say anything bad about him. He brought it EVERY single time. I remember one time he wasn't feeling good, he was a little hurt and they're like, 'hey, we got you a double' (for him), and he was like, 'no, no! I'm gonna do it!' And he just powered through it! I was like, 'bro!' I had to like stop him. This is a wide angle, 'I don't need you in there, let me get you out of there.' He was like, 'no! It's not gonna look good' and I'm like, 'bro, I swear- I don't need you' I had to talk him out of it.... But that's Zac. He's a work horseman."

— Chavo Guerrero on working with Zac Efron on A24's 'The Iron Claw'

High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008) + Letterboxd reviews

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sometimes i feel sad for zac. he always gets asked about his sex/love life when it already seems like he's uncomfortable talking about it. i get that he is attractive and sexually appealing but that doesnt mean he likes to talk about those kinds of things. there are still limits and boundaries. besides, he's more than what he looks. zac efron is a man of substance. my god, when will people learn

i stan zac efron for his chaotic side NDNSNSJ him being hot is just a bonus