by Ian Chillag

Confession: I love High School Musical. Love it hard. I know I'm not alone, but I'm realizing I'd grossly underestimated the reach of the Cult of Troy and Gabriella. Dubbed versions of HSM2 were a success around the world, so much of a success that it was worth it for Disney to film videos of the song "All for One," with local actors doing local versions for local markets. Montage above.

The version from the Philippines uses Filipino actors, but they're singing in English. The Indian version makes one thing clear: High School Musical was Bollywood to begin with. I got goosebumps somewhere between Norway and Hungary, which means nothing but is humiliating nonetheless.

High School Musical 3: Senior Year is out here in the USA in October. You'd think the fact that the subtitle is Senior Year would do something to temper my excitement, given that I'm 29 years old, but no.