no psychological manipulation. limited girl world commentary. shortened “Meet the Plastics” song. The Mean Girls musical movie (2024) doesn’t hold a candle to Mean Girls (2004). Not to mention, it doesn’t represent the Broadway musical well either ☹️ join me on a lengthy rant review of the music, costume design, pacing, and characters that had the potential to be so much better.

*spoilers*

timestamps:
00:00 intro
01:01 music
02:51 costume design
07:25 jokes
08:15 pacing
11:50 Cady
15:21 Regina
17:15 Mrs. George
18:13 Gretchen (and Karen)
20:08 Aaron
20:34 Damian
21:39 Janis
24:37 what makes Mean Girls great
26:38 goodnight ♡

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References:
Harper’s Bazaar Interview on the costume design: https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture...
Fashionista Interview on the costume design https://fashionista.com/2024/01/mean-...
Mean Girls Musical “Where Do You Belong?”/”Meet the Plastics”:    • Mean Girls performs "Where Do You Bel...  
Mean Girls Bathroom deleted scene (2004):    • Mean Girls Deleted Scene - School Dan...  

i review the story and characters of the Mean Girls musical movie including: Cady Heron (Angourie Rice), Regina George (Renee Rapp), Gretchen Wieners (Bebe Wood), Karen Shetty (Avantika), Janis ‘Imi’ike (Auli’I Cravalho), Damian Hubbard (Jaquel Spivey), and Aaron Samuels (Chris Briney).

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