The intense interest the kids have for this is intriguing. They buy the CDs and watch the original movie repeatedly. I guess this is like the teen heartthrob mags of decades past, but the heartthrobs move and dance and sing.
Both of my daughters ended up at parties to watch this.
I thought, from the few glimpses I got of the first one, it was hideous pap, but fairly harmless.
Give me a 50s or 60s musical any day. :)