Either way, the film is about the Jonas Bros. She can hold her own and I don’t understand why they don’t let her run. In my opinion, Disney isn’t making enough use of Allyson Stoner, the talented singer and dancer who appears in Camp Rock 1 and 2. These performers come in with recognition and so suspension of disbelief isn’t the entire point. The Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato, who sort of own Camp Rock 2, are well known to their audiences. In fact, the most well known member of the cast to Disney audiences was Ashley Tisdale because of her role on the Disney Channel program The Suite Life of Zac and Cody (episodes of which I have also sat through endlessly…).

Zac Efron, Corbin Bleu and Vanessa Hudgens weren’t household names until after HSM. One thing I noticed about HSM is that in the first movie, most audiences were seeing these young actors for the first time.

I have theories for this, but none of them are provable. Whatever the case, after each episode of Camp Rock 2, the boom box came out, the toy microphone in hand and she was busy being her favorite rock star.Ĭamp Rock 2 worked, though I don’t know if it worked for Disney on the High School Musical level. She was a Hannah Montana and Miley fan and still is, but I notice something different with Demi and I’m not sure if that she’s older and so Demi’s more adolescent approach appeals to her (as opposed to Hannah’s “tween” approach) or if it’s an honest difference of style. My daughter thinks so, too and seeks to emulate her. She can sing, she can dance and she’s got a great deal of charm. Her versatile vocals are really quite good and she is one of the few, I believe, who doesn’t get put through a voice-over computer generated wash. Disney has a stable full of talented young people, but Demi Lovato is definitely the strong horse, to continue the metaphor. My admiration of the Jonas Brothers is known to readers of The Disney Blog, but less well known is my admiration for the versatile Ms. Disney is about nothing if not over-exposure, and they showed it on the Disney Channel all weekend long, every night including tonight’s Labor Day holiday. I sat through at least two showings of Camp Rock 2 with my daughter.

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