High School Musical was a thing about a decade ago, a cultural touchstone for the middle school kids I coached and taught back in the day. I remember watching the three movies - yes, all three - in an effort to understand what my players and students, primarily the female ones, were talking about. I found it fairly traditional gooey-Disney fare, an update to the Grease mythos of an improbable couple breaking down the stereotypical cliques of a decidedly airbrushed high school