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Hannah Montana deserves a reunion of its characters, not actors

As much as I loved seeing Miley Cyrus walk into the closet of my dreams in the Hannah Montana reunion, I hate that the anniversary special didn’t tell me what my favourite pop star is doing 20 years later.

You can change your hair, and you can change your clothes, but you can’t tell me what Hannah Montana is doing 20 years down the line?

I don’t want a reunion; I want to see what the people who raised me are doing later in life. Those of us who are too young to be millennials and too old to be Gen Z literally grew up in the golden era of television — Friends, Disney Channel originals, and teen dramas were the jam. Our entire personalities are based on those characters that we obsessed over in those formative years. 

So, as much as I loved seeing Miley Cyrus walk into the closet of my dreams in the Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special, wearing an outfit I would’ve killed for when I was 12 years old, I hate that the anniversary special didn’t tell me what my favourite pop star is doing 20 years later. Did Miley get back with Jake, or are she and Jesse endgame? Is she still living in her childhood home? Is Lily still Lola Luftnagle in public? And the worst cliffhanger ever: As a celebrity, does she go by Hannah Montana or Miley Stewart? I need answers. No, I deserve answers. I did my waiting (sic, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 2004 ). 

It was the same with the High School Musical (2016) reunion. A perfectly choreographed routine is a big ask, but is Troy still pursuing both drama and basketball? Are Troy and Gabriella still........

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