Been Watching Some Of The Interviews On The Beer Run Movie. I Don't Think Any Director Loved Zac THIS

disney channel challenge ⫸ [5/6] friendships

THE WILDCATS

FIRESTARTER 2022, dir. Keith Thomas

getcha head in the game, dude!

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i. can't.

I'm the patron saint of the denial, with an angel face and a taste for suicidal!

Mason Alexander Park as St. Jimmy - Deaf West's American Idiot

Zac Efron in Miracle Run

MASHUP

Uptown Funk + Get’cha Head in the Game, High School Musical

(Tumblr Audio version)

Made by me :)

Sometimes I don’t wanna be the basketball guy. I just wanna be a guy, you know?

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You could argue that basketball in High School Musical functions as a stand-in for masculinity itself. Troy enjoys basketball, and the camaraderie he has with his teammates (did you see how supportive he was of zeke’s baking??) and as a straight white popular dude he never had to question his relationship to masculinity, just as he never questioned his basketball career. But then, post-singing-with-lady-who-respects-coronavirus, he discovers his enjoyment of something not considered masculine, but is clearly anxious about what his friends and dad will think. Again, pretty common issue of toxic masculinity is how men tend to punish other men for straying from gender norms (or not sticking to the status quo). Sidenote: Unlike most common depictions of men in Hollywood, the movie doesn’t mock or shame Troy or Zeke for having interests that aren’t traditionally masculine, instead leveling criticism at Chad for shaming his friends. Anyway, Troy’s relationship to basketball is, like most men’s relationship with masculinity, closely tied to his relationship with his father. Troy’s dad puts immense pressure on his son to do well with basketball, pushing his son into a narrow box and becoming angry (initially) when he strays.