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So, Sabrina, we always start our shows with this little chit chat at the beginning and just kind of asking random questions.

But with this movie and with this franchise, I think we just have to jump right in.

I think we've got to jump in two feet.

There's no pre-show to this show.

There's no need.

There's no need. There's no need. So I'm going to start by saying, welcome back to Magical Rewind, the show that makes you want to grab your friends, your PJs, and your popcorn. Go back to time when all the houses were smart. The wave tsunamis and the high school musicals, that out of the way. Okay. We got a special one this week.

I'm just going to jump into it and then we'll get into the bigger picture because we got a special one this week.

We are tackling a franchise that helped define modern day Disney Channel.

That is not hyperbole.

That is not overreach.

That is absolutely the truth.

And some could argue it affected pop culture as a whole.

And we are talking 2009's Hannah Montana, the movie, a family musical extension of the hit TV show.

We're just going to start with a very brief history of how we got to the movie. So Hannah Montana,

the TV show ran for four seasons on the channel, 2006 to 2011,

and it's centered around Miley Stewart, played by a young Miley Cyrus, known at the time as a

one-hit wonder country star, Billy Reis Cyrus's daughter. And he also played her dad on the show.

Her mom passed away in Hannah Montana, but of course in real life, her mom is alive and well,

and even has a podcast.

Now, Miley Stewart is a 14-year-old girl living a double life as a typical middle schooler.

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