Mean Girls

mean girls is a perfect movie, so it’s such a shame that all adaptations of it are so bad. watching it back to back with heathers was a really fun and informative experience; there is such a wealth of content to explore within the lives of teenage girls that both films are able to pull from. ** i think mean girls doesn’t always get credit for how nuanced it is. tina fey really did a great job of exploring what being a “mean girl” is, beyond just the regina george’s of the world. fey’s perspective is what makes the girls three dimensional and complex, beyond the stereotypes they lean into; the movie is able to get to this resolution because of this. however a lot of that is overshadowed by how fucking funny it is. it is still laugh out loud funny despite many aspects of it being dated. it’s also so quotable! i had forgotten that movie opens with the ever iconic: “and on the third day, god created the remington bolt-action rifle, so that man could fight the dinosaurs. and the homosexuals.” my final comment is the same one that can be found on my heathers review: stop making worse adaptations of great films. the mean girls musical on broadway paved the way for an even worse movie that just continues to water down the messages of the original film. today’s young girls need their own original story about this topic, preferably one with understanding of modern technology and bullying tactics.