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Mean Girls (2004)

Film
DirectorMark Waters
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Figures

Characters
  • The character of Gretchen Wieners and her anxieties
Objects & symbols
Form & technique
  • The narrative role of Janis Ian
  • The cafeteria map scene where Janis and Damian explain the school's cliques
  • The fantasy sequence where high school students behave like jungle animals
Tropes
  • Regina George's characterization and power → The Postfeminist Sensibility
  • Cady Heron's infiltration and transformation into a "Plastic" → The Performed Self
  • The rule, "On Wednesdays we wear pink."
  • The culture of gossip and observation within North Shore High → The Invisible Watchtower
  • The film's screenplay as an adaptation of Rosalind Wiseman's "Queen Bees and Wannabes"

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