The campy 1999 movie about a cheerleader who is sent off to ex-gay camp because she’s showing signs of lesbianism (she’s a vegetarian, doesn’t like kissing her boyfriend, and likes listening to Melissa Etheridge) has been made into a musical.
Until the musical shows up at a venue near you, rent the movie. It’s cute and pokes fun at the sillier attempts of places like LIA/R to make gay kids straight, while also showing the serious reasons that minors allow themselves to go through those experiences.
Cheerleader was a funny movie. But a musical version?
The musical version of Hairspray was decent, though.
Another great movie that gives you somewhat of an insight in the right-wing evangelical and fundamentalist mindsets is “Saved!” I wish I could say that points of it are taken to the extreme for comedic effect. Yet, growing up in those circles, I have known too many young people, myself included, who were swept under the spell of it.