Prom (2020)

My one child who likes musicals was home with me while the rest of the famiy was away vacationing. It was the weekend before the nominees for the Oscars were going to be announced, and this seemed like the movie that might get Meryl Streep, long a veteran of movies that she alone has held up, a nomination. It was a bit of a long shot, but I knew that if we didn't watch it in that moment it would be quite some time before my spouse was away and we would be watching a movie that was not nominated. All of that ended up being true. Once the nominees were announced, we started in earnest watching what we had not seen, and while separated by miles, we watched many of the movies over that week "together", or at least at the same time. This is a musical that is mostly a comedy, written by the creator of Glee, and populated by some big talent beyond Streep. It is about some nearly over the hill Broadway actors who go looking for a cause to support to get publicity, and they choose a high school that is not having a prom in order to avoid having a gay student bring her same gender date. Things get complicated, the ploy does not work out, but the marginalized student who is bullied throughout does have her moment. It is not terrible and even has moments of fun.