High School Musical 2 with Emily Kramer

Jordan and Brooke kick off August with friend of the pod Emily Kramer to discuss 2006's auteur masterpiece, "High School Musical 2." Discover why this film is such a touchstone for queer 2000s kids, the politics of dancing (and baseball), Zac Efron's wild career choices, hat rankings, and why this entire series should really be in the Criterion Collection.Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/QueerQuadrant Listen to our episode on HSM1 with Disney+Podcast+! https://spoti.fi/3i64DYR 

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Four-quadrant films are movies designed to appeal to the biggest, widest audience possible. In the process, they can often leave out a lot of LGBTQ+ representation – but end up loaded with subtext. In The Queer Quadrant, hosts Brooke Solomon and Jordan Gustafson examine cinema in all its cultural contexts, and explore why your favorite four-quadrant blockbuster is maybe…not as straight as you think it is.