We see nothing of her art that suggests sheвЂ™s Cal Arts material, and the journey to creating more вЂњpersonalвЂќ work is one of the movieвЂ™s non-starter plot threads. PaigeвЂ™s вЂњgoal,вЂќ aside from first love, is to get into a Cal Arts summer program for budding artists this coming summer. Paige is the one the principal ( Michelle Buteau, trying too hard) is prepared to suspend over this not-the-least-bit-amusing prank/vandalism, and on the flimsiest of evidence. The story has no real villain, just a quest to discover who вЂњKingpun,вЂќ the schoolвЂ™s graffiti artist/prankster is. вЂњObviousвЂќ is where вЂњCrushвЂќ goes a little wrong, and thatвЂ™s just the start. IsnвЂ™t she fated to be the one Paige falls for, playing by вЂњBreakfast Club/Pretty in PinkвЂќ rules? Gabriella has a sportier, more introverted and more butch sister, AJ ( AuliвЂ™i Cravalho). вЂњI guess the вЂpromiscuous geneвЂ™ skips a generation,вЂќ Dillon quips. Mom is flushed and responsive to PaigeвЂ™s authoritarian track coachвЂ™s ( Aasif MandviвЂ™s) advances. MomвЂ™s raised Paige in a вЂњsex positive house,вЂќ and as DillonвЂ™s on a first name basis with his palвЂ™s mother, their exchanges are bitchy-witty and sit-commie unreal in the extreme. This is вЂњWill & GraceвЂќ in-your-face sitcom gay, where the slang, the (girls) locker room talk, even the вЂњIвЂ™ll finally learn to to insert a tampon without the end sticking outвЂќ banter passes вЂњfrankвЂќ on its way to вЂњcoarse.вЂќ ThatвЂ™s pretty much the tone of вЂњCrush,вЂќ something that casting Mullally tips off. Despite the support of Dillon ( Tyler Alvarez), PaigeвЂ™s straight-best-friend - upending THAT вЂњgay BFFвЂќ trope is as edgy as this gets - and DillonвЂ™s girlfriend ( Teala Dunn) and opponent in the class president election, Paige seems too shy and inexperienced to make a play for the princess. Only Miss Popular Gabriella barely knows Paige exists. Gabriella was the classmate who first gave her the tinglies, prompting Paige to come out to her mom. ThereвЂ™s the Wiccan, the вЂњhorse skankвЂќ (into dressage), the short-haired influencer, or the sporty-hotty Gabriella ( Isabella Ferreira) whom out-but-never-been-kissed Paige has crushed on since elementary school. First-time feature director Sammi Cohen and screenwriters Kirsten King and Casey Rackham park this version of the virginal teen trope - starring Rowan Blanchard of TVвЂ™s вЂњGirl Meets WorldвЂќ - in a school so gay-friendly that вЂњcoming outвЂќ is no longer an issue, вЂњacceptanceвЂќ is a givenвЂќ and the toughest decision might be which of Miller HighвЂ™s many alluring little lesbians to focus her attention on.

вЂњCrushвЂќ is a formulaic high school rom-com with one great big out and over-powering gay twist. Who better to pass along вЂњglow in the dark dental damsвЂќ and toothbrush-as-vibrator advice? Well, if Harvey Fierstein isnвЂ™t available? How gay? They cast Megan Mullally as the kidвЂ™s indulgent, supportive and overly вЂњhelpfulвЂќ mother. With вЂњCrush,вЂќ Hulu serves up the gayest gay vulgarian heroine in a gay fantasia of a high school everвЂ¦since вЂњGlee!вЂќ anyway. Boy, if Disney really wants to get Wuhan RonвЂ™s вЂњDonвЂ™t Say GayвЂќ Goat, they should buy him a subscription to Hulu.

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