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High School Musical 3 Senior Year Part 2

IN THE ROOM

RyanCurtisDani

Guest appearance: Dani

NO COMMON DENOMINATOR

Movie verdicts.

The individual movie opinions are recorded below; no separate collective verdict is asserted.

DaniThumbs upRecorded at 1:13:56Movie vote
Rating context
  • Answer qualification: This is so nostalgic for me.; I would still keep it a thumbs up.
RyanThumbs downRecorded at 1:14:36Movie vote
Rating context
  • Answer qualification: I just think that you could have done a plot instead of just these little bits.; And the first half of the movie also hurt the movie a lot.
CurtisThumbs downRecorded at 1:14:55Movie vote
Rating context
  • Adjudication method: I'm trying to judge it on what it's trying to achieve.
  • Answer qualification: I don't think they're standouts.; I more just feel like the story was not fully coherent.; And I think Troy's and Gabriela's main story just was too muddled for me.

Original rating systems, exactly as represented in the archive. These scales are not interchangeable.

By way of introduction.

Ryan

I am Ryan.

Original introduction wording
  • I am Ryan Canzone.
Curtis

joining me, as always from the Upside Down, is a man who had a very hard time deciding between Duke for basketball or Kent State for English. It's Curtis. I picked Duke, but they did not admit me.

Original introduction wording
  • joining me, as always from the Upside Down, is a man who had a very hard time deciding between Duke for basketball or Kent State for English. It's Curtis Sheck. I picked Duke, but they did not admit me.
Danielle

So helping Curtis with his essays and to hear the music is a woman who would love one more Treehouse duet. It's Dani. Hello. Hello. Thanks for having me again today.

Original introduction wording
  • So helping Curtis with his essays and to hear the music is a woman who would love one more Treehouse duet. It's Danielle Stevens. Hello. Hello. Thanks for having me again today.
Read the full performed opening

Last time on Reverse Psychology. Danny? Danny? Put the knife down. Why do you have a knife? Oh, it's my cheese knife. I have a charcuterie board. You brought a cheese knife? You pronounce charcuterie with an H? A hard H? Yes, a charcuterie. Wait, how do you pronounce charcuterie? Charcuterie, you both said it wrong. Oh, charcuterie. I think you're right. So everyone says it. You said it like two episodes ago, and I just let it go, and I shouldn't have. And then Danny brought a knife, and then she started... It was a whole nightmare. I had to address it. Hello, and welcome to another special edition of Reverse Psychology. If you came here looking for some hard-hitting Frasier talk, too bad, because tonight we continue with our summer movie marathon. The hour for singing is nigh, because the place for musicals is high school. Questions remain for the seniors of East High. Who's going to Juilliard? What even is Juilliard? And for the love of all that is holy, will there be some real drama to close out this series? Find out as we wrap up HSM3 Senior Year. This is Reverse Psychology Presents High School Musical. I am Ryan Canzone, and joining me, as always from the Upside Down, is a man who had a very hard time deciding between Duke for basketball or Kent State for English. It's Curtis Sheck. I picked Duke, but they did not admit me. Really? Even with your essay? I didn't write it, to be fair. That's probably why you didn't get it. So helping Curtis with his essays and to hear the music is a woman who would love one more Treehouse duet. It's Danielle Stevens. Hello. Hello. Thanks for having me again today.

Someone brought rules.

The games, the premises, and what everyone brought to the table.

How this one works

How it works
  1. We are going to look at movies that grossed a certain amount in 2008.
  2. I'm going to give you a vague description of a movie.
  3. You're going to tell me if it was better or worse than High School Musical 3.
  4. I think you need to sing in.
  5. I will reveal it after you've answered better or worse.
  6. You have to go off the description alone.
  7. I will tell you, if you guessed the movie right, I will tell you that you got the movie right.
  8. Competing.
Scoring
  1. You both get the point for better.
  2. You're the first one to get that on the board.
  3. Curtis, it was Pineapple Express, which you don't get a point for, but it was also worse,
  4. which you do get a point for.
Recorded activity context

We are going to look at movies that grossed a certain amount in 2008.; I'm going to give you a vague description of a movie.; You're going to tell me if it was better or worse than High School Musical 3.

RESULT STATUS

A winner is actually on the record.

Winner: Curtis

Curtis12points
Dani7points

RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE

Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:18:04

Recorded conversation

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  • Competitive scoring statement: Curtis has one point to Danny Zero.; All right, so the score is tied 2-2.; So, Curtis, you take a commanding lead of 4 to 3.; It's 6 to 3.; Eight to four.; So the score is 11 to 4 with one question to go.

RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE

Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:28:13

Recorded conversation

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  • Competitive scoring statement: The score was 7 to 12.
  • Winner statement: Instead of taking a bow for my win, I'm just going to stare awkwardly into the camera.

Follow the round structure (2)

You're going to tell me if it was better or worse than High School Musical 3.

RECORDED EXCHANGE

Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:17:06

“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.

Prompt
Question / challenge

This movie is what High School Musical would be like if it took place in Baltimore.

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  • Classification prompt: Well, you still have to tell me if it was better or worse based on the descriptions.
  • Correct answer: Step Up to the Streets
  • Correct response: worse
  • Result qualification: This was 51st in the box office.

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

Recorded conversation

Hairspray.

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  • Action: High School Musical.
  • Classification response: Better.
  • Adjudication: Identity: INCORRECT; Comparison: INCORRECT

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

Recorded conversation

Lower.

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  • Answer qualification: I think it was not as good at the box office.
  • Correct: True
  • Point awarded: 1

RECORDED EXCHANGE

Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:18:25

“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.

Prompt
Question / challenge

Nothing is off the table for this man.; All you have to do is ask.

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  • Classification prompt: Was it better or worse?
  • Correct answer: Yes Man.
  • Correct response: worse
  • Result qualification: Yes Man came out in 2007, but it grossed $60 million in 2008.; It was 50th in the box, so it was one below Step Up 2.

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

Recorded conversation

Dark Knight Rises.

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  • Classification response: I'm going to go lower this time.
  • Adjudication: Identity: INCORRECT; Comparison: CORRECT
  • Point awarded: 1

RECORDED EXCHANGE

Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:19:24

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Prompt
Question / challenge

He's old.; He's frigid.; But he and his son will survive anything that is thrown their way.

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  • Classification prompt: Curtis, is this better or worse?
  • Correct answer: Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull
  • Correct response: better
  • Result qualification: This is third.; It grossed $317 million despite being a piece of shit.

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

Recorded conversation

Jack Frost?; How about Bad Santa?

More of this contribution
  • Action: High school musical.
  • Answer qualification: Came out in like 2001.; Also, like at least 04.
  • Classification response: I'm going to go better again.
  • Point awarded: 1

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

Recorded conversation

And it's not even his son, but my brain keeps going to up, and I know that's not right.

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  • Classification response: I'm also going to go better.
  • Adjudication: Identity: INCORRECT; Comparison: CORRECT
  • Point awarded: 1

RECORDED EXCHANGE

Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:20:17

“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.

Prompt
Question / challenge

This partying Los Angelino wants to show the world he can be the superhero the world deserves.

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  • Classification prompt: Danny, is it better or worse?
  • Correct answer: Hancock
  • Correct response: better
  • Result qualification: Hancock was fourth.; Gross $227 million.

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

Recorded conversation

Is it Iron Man?

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  • Action: High school musical.
  • Classification response: I'm still going to go better.
  • Adjudication: Identity: INCORRECT; Comparison: CORRECT

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

Recorded conversation

The Hulk?

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  • Classification response: Yeah, better.
  • Adjudication: Identity: INCORRECT; Comparison: CORRECT

RECORDED EXCHANGE

Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:21:11

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Prompt
Question / challenge

War.; What is it good for?; Making movies, of course.; This movie explores both concepts.

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  • Classification prompt: So you get to tell me first, is it better or worse?
  • Correct answer: Tropic Thunder.
  • Correct response: better
  • Result qualification: Tropic Thunder was 19.; It grossed $110 million.

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

Recorded conversation

I'm really going to mess this up, but just based on your description, is it Rush Hour 2?

More of this contribution
  • Action: High School Musical.
  • Classification response: So I, too, will go worse.
  • Answer qualification: If I remember correctly, there's quite a bit of controversy with this movie.
  • Adjudication: Identity: INCORRECT; Comparison: INCORRECT

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

Recorded conversation

Tropic Thunder.

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  • Action: High School Musical.
  • Classification response: I'm going to say worse.
  • Adjudication: Identity: CORRECT; Comparison: INCORRECT
  • Answer qualification: I know it was really popular, but I think maybe it was popular on DVD later.

RECORDED EXCHANGE

Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:22:09

“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.

Prompt
Question / challenge

The only Will Ferrell movie I assume Curtis has never seen.

More of this contribution
  • Classification prompt: Anyway, is it better or worse?
  • Correct answer: Semi Pro
  • Correct response: worse
  • Result qualification: Semi Pro 87th.; It only grossed $33 million, and it came out this year.

RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE

Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:22:13

Is it Anchorman?

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  • Action: High School Musical.
  • Correct: False

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

Recorded conversation

Well, I'm losing already, so we'll say better.

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  • Correct: False

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

Recorded conversation

Is it Semi Pro?

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  • Action: High School Musical.
  • Classification response: It's got to be worse.
  • Adjudication: Identity: CORRECT; Comparison: CORRECT

RECORDED EXCHANGE

Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:23:02

“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.

Prompt
Question / challenge

Movie 7, A Girl Gets Pregnant, the movie.

More of this contribution
  • Classification prompt: Is it better or worse than High School Musical 3?
  • Correct answer: Juno
  • Correct response: better
  • Result qualification: Juno came in 17th.; 115 million in the box office.

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

Recorded conversation

Is it Mamma Mia?

More of this contribution
  • Action: High School Musical.
  • Classification response: I'm going better because I remember I watched this movie a lot.
  • Adjudication: Identity: INCORRECT; Comparison: CORRECT

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

Recorded conversation

I believe it was Juno.

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  • Action: High School Musical.
  • Classification response: So I'm going to say better.
  • Adjudication: Identity: CORRECT; Comparison: CORRECT

RECORDED EXCHANGE

Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:24:05

“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.

Prompt
Question / challenge

When Plants Attack.; The movie.

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  • Classification prompt: And is The Happening better or worse than High School Musical 3?
  • Correct answer: The Happening
  • Correct response: worse
  • Result qualification: The Happening was 46 that only grossed 64.

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

Recorded conversation

The Happening?

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  • Action: High School Musical.
  • Classification response: I'm saying worse.
  • Answer qualification: I think this is the movie that killed Shana Lime's career.
  • Adjudication: Identity: CORRECT; Comparison: CORRECT

RECORDED EXCHANGE

Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:25:23

“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.

Prompt
Question / challenge

Two stoners get stoned, then fight more people to get more stoned.

More of this contribution
  • Classification prompt: Whatever this movie is, was it better or worse than High School Musical 3?
  • Correct answer: Pineapple Express
  • Correct response: worse
  • Result qualification: Curtis, it was Pineapple Express, which you don't get a point for, but it was also worse,

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

Recorded conversation

Harold and Kumar go to White Castle?; There are no points for this, but I think it might be Pineapple Express.

More of this contribution
  • Action: High School Musical.
  • Classification response: I'm going to say worse.
  • Adjudication: Initial identity: INCORRECT; Revised identity: correct but unscored; Comparison: CORRECT
  • Point awarded: 1

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

Recorded conversation

I got nothing.

More of this contribution
  • Classification response: I'm going to say better.
  • Correct: False

RECORDED EXCHANGE

Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:26:30

“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.

Prompt
Question / challenge

She is small but rich.; Things start to get for real when she gets lost on the streets of Mexico.

More of this contribution
  • Classification prompt: That said, is it better or worse than High School Musical?; Three.
  • Correct answer: Beverly Hills Chihuahua.
  • Correct response: better
  • Result qualification: It was 27.; It grossed 93 million.

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

Recorded conversation

I had literally nothing.

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  • Classification response: Worse.
  • Correct: False

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

Recorded conversation

Um, my only guess is Coco?

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  • Classification response: It's better.
  • Answer qualification: I mean, I must zag.
  • Adjudication: Identity: INCORRECT; Comparison: CORRECT

What place did High School Musical 3 come in?

RECORDED EXCHANGE

Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:27:32

“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.

Prompt
Question / challenge

What place did High School Musical 3 come in?

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  • Correct answer: 29
  • Result qualification: It grossed 89 and a half million.
Round context
  • Point awarded: 3
  • Adjudication verdict: It probably, you kind of won that one.
View source wording — how it was explained on the show
  • Answer qualification: Whereas we're just talking box office gross, we're not talking about quality of the movie.
  • Scoring mechanism: You both get the point for better.; You're the first one to get that on the board.; Curtis, it was Pineapple Express, which you don't get a point for, but it was also worse,; which you do get a point for.
  • Ryan: “I'm going to give you a vague description of a movie.”
  • Dani: “Did you write these?”
  • Ryan: “I wrote all of these, unfortunately.”
  • Ryan: “Okay, so Danny, you said worse, and you get the point.”
  • Ryan: “You both get the point for better.”
  • Ryan: “We'll give you three points.”
  • Ryan: “The score was 7 to 12.”

Comic bits and episode moments.

If you were tasked with writing a musical about something in your life that is happening this year,; Curtis, what would it be about?

See how they answered

What everyone brought to the table · 15 recorded exchanges

2 attributed voices

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

Recorded conversation

The house-buying process, because that is the thing that I've done this year.

More of this contribution
  • Important beats: Well, I mean, if you want to talk about angst, the Troy in this musical would be way more unsure and uncertain of himself than the Troy in High School Musical 3.
  • Ending or payoff: I think it's got to be the inspection. I feel like the inspection is where it all comes to a head.
  • Answer qualification: Nobody told me I was supposed to come up with the title.

RECORDED EXCHANGE

Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 02:11

“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.

Prompt

Question / challenge

Yeah, like, what are some of the things you'd be singing about?

RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE

Well, I mean, if you want to talk about angst, the Troy in this musical would be way more unsure and uncertain of himself than the Troy in High School Musical 3.

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RECORDED EXCHANGE

Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 02:26

“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.

Prompt

Question / challenge

What would the showstopper moment be?

RECORDED EXCHANGE

Participant cited: DaniSource excerpt ↗ 02:27

“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.

Prompt

Question / challenge

The showstopper is the middle of the thing, right? That's at the end. That's, like, the middle, right, Dani?

RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE

Yeah, I would say so. Like, end of act one, right? Going into act two that's leaving you wanting more, right?

RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE

Recorded conversation

I think it's got to be the inspection. I feel like the inspection is where it all comes to a head.

More of this contribution
  • Answer qualification: And now all you're seeing is the flaws.; And you're just going around like a psychopath being like, there's a scratch.; Do you see the scratch? Are you marking down the scratch?

RECORDED EXCHANGE

Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 03:25

“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.

Prompt

Question / challenge

What would we call it?; Yeah, do you have a title?

RECORDED EXCHANGE

Participant cited: DaniSource excerpt ↗ 04:28

“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.

Prompt

Question / challenge

All right, Dani, how about you?

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

Empire State.

I have a flight coming up to New York.; We're not going to New York City.; We're going to go to Buffalo.

More of this contribution
  • Important beats: We'll break some tables on stage.
  • Ending or payoff: But he will spend all of it in Buffalo.; He will never actually leave.
  • Answer qualification: Maybe something misleading, but yet great.

RECORDED EXCHANGE

Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 04:32

“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.

Prompt

Question / challenge

About flying or about New York?

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  • Answer qualification: Because I'm nervous about a musical about flying.

RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE

New York.

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  • Answer qualification: Like your first time in New York.; I don't know.

RECORDED EXCHANGE

Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 04:51

“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.

Prompt

Question / challenge

How are you going to be different than that musical?

RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE

We're not going to New York City.; We're going to go to Buffalo.

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  • Answer qualification: People are going to think we're going to New York City, but no, no.; We're surprised that I'm Buffalo.

RECORDED EXCHANGE

Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 05:10

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Prompt

Question / challenge

Are you willing to do a Bill's Mafia number?

RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE

Recorded conversation

Yeah, let's do it.

More of this contribution
  • Important beats: We'll break some tables on stage.

RECORDED EXCHANGE

Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 05:18

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Prompt

Question / challenge

Do you have a title for it?

RECORDED EXCHANGE

Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 06:40

“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.

Prompt

Question / challenge

Brian, you got the C-plot for this musical.

More of this contribution
  • Activity request: Do you guys want a little taste of the closing number?

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 06:51

Closing number performance

Casual trip to Target.; Told my kids there's nothing they could get.; Now they are so upset.; And I'm filled with mild regret.; They're acting like a suffragette.; But this is one vote they won't get.

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  • Submission type: closing number performance

RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE

Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 03:54

Recorded conversation

Why does this house fight my escrow?

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  • Inserted audio for Curtis’s musical.

RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE

Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 06:14

Recorded conversation

Oh, Empire State, you call my name.

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  • Inserted audio for Dani’s musical.

RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE

Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 06:07

Empire State

We could merge these.; I think we definitely can merge.; So yeah, I think the title Empire State.; No change.

So why don't we go around and give a quick thumbs up or thumbs down on High School Musical 3 senior year?

What was recorded

What everyone brought to the table · 2 recorded exchanges

RECORDED EXCHANGE

Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:14:08

“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.

Prompt

Question / challenge

If you hadn't watched it in theaters, would that thumb change?; No, instead of watching it in the movie theater, you just watched it on the Disney channel at some point.; I'm just saying, how much does that factor in your thumb?

Well, after you're done staring, your real prize is that you get to tell us what to expect; next week when we cover the next movie, High School Musical 2 with no semicolon.

What was recorded

What everyone brought to the table · 2 recorded contributions

WHAT THEY BROUGHT

PREDICTION

Mrs. D will be fired for gross negligence and child endangerment.; The students of the drama club will put together a musical so powerful that it will convince; the school board to reinstate her.

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  • Submission type: PREDICTION
  • Answer qualification: The students of the drama club is my way of saying the cast of this movie.

RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE

Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:29:11

Recorded conversation

So the Bestands are the new name for the kids in this movie.

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