Alternate Title: Why We Should Never Trust Nick Lachey
Sometimes when something gets really big, really fast – like say, High School Musical or Newlyweds, we admit to a certain amount of skepticism. Now, lest Zach Efron should take offense and try to burn our skin with a handful of his tooth whitening gel, let us just say that it’s not that we hate HSM – secretly, we even kind of enjoy it in all its campy, ridiculous glory -- it’s just that the supernova popularity and also the disconcerting suspicion that Efron might be a stepford teen leaves us feeling a little unsettled.
Regardless, it seems that ABC has found new and more painful ways to make us uncomfortable with High School Musical: Get in the Picture, a reality series chronicling the artistic journey of show choir kids hoping to score a part in a music video that will run during the credits of this fall's theater release. Is it us or is even the prize kind of blah? After watching, we feel pretty strongly that Get in the Picture is not only the latest attempt to jump on the HSM cash cow bandwagon, but should most certainly be the last...
Our original thought process went like this, "No really, maybe it’ll be awesome to watch high school kids crash and burn American Idol style in contrived auditions with Nick Lachey doing the sideline commentary."
It's isn't. At best, it's mind-numbingly dull. Still, all might not be lost. Who can say what tricky antics the Ephron/Hudgens duo have up their sleeves to revive this competition with guest appearances? Maybe Vanessa could flash the camera and revisit her nude photo scandal? We're just putting it out there.