Mean Girls
Critical Thinking
Monstrosity and Celebrity Culture in Mean Girls Mean Girls, written by Tina Fey and directed by Mark Waters, takes its viewers through high school from the perspective of Cady Heron, a young girl who never known what “high school” genuinely meant. Upon arrival, she makes friends with Janis and Damian, who were in the stereotypical “unpopular” crowd. They warn her to stay away from “The Plastics”, an exclusive clique that includes three drama-filled girls who are superficial, spiteful, and have vicious attitudes that obtain their power and fame from beauty and glamour. However, “The Plastics” ask Cady to join them. Cady, Janis, and Damian together plot against the leader of The Plastics, Regina George, the most monstrous of them all. In reality, the more time Cady spends with The Plastics, the more she starts to actually become one. The Plastics themselves show how monstrous qualities are formed in celebrity culture, while the use of Cady is the perfect example of how culture builds up celebrities to break them back down. The Plastics took Cady, someone who was naïve and candid, and turned her into something she is not through the manipulation of their own standards and rules. Celebrity culture heavily relies on qualities of manipulation. This was done through thru burn book, etc Rumors and lies are one are heavily used in manipulation. This is the epitome of celebrity gossip, shown in Mean Girls through Regina George. Regina finds out Cady has a crush on Aaron Samuels, her ex boyfriend, and promises Cady that she would talk to Aaron for her; however, Regina fabricates lies to Aaron; “She [Cady] writes all over her notebook ‘Mrs. Aaron Samuels’. And she made this tee-shirt that says, ‘I heart Aaron’, and she wears it under all her clothes…She saved this Kleenex you used and she said she’s going to do some kind of African voodoo with it to make you like her”. Evidence in nineteenth century literature is provided in Frankenstein, when
Monstrosity and Celebrity Culture in Mean Girls Mean Girls, written by Tina Fey and directed by Mark Waters, takes its viewers through high school from the perspective of Cady Heron, a young girl who never known what “high school” genuinely meant. Upon arrival, she makes friends with Janis and Damian, who were in the stereotypical “unpopular” crowd. They warn her to stay away from “The Plastics”, an exclusive clique that includes three drama-filled girls who are superficial, spiteful, and have vicious attitudes that obtain their power and fame from beauty and glamour. However, “The Plastics” ask Cady to join them. Cady, Janis, and Damian together plot against the leader of The Plastics, Regina George, the most monstrous of them all. In reality, the more time Cady spends with The Plastics, the more she starts to actually become one. The Plastics themselves show how monstrous qualities are formed in celebrity culture, while the use of Cady is the perfect example of how culture builds up celebrities to break them back down. The Plastics took Cady, someone who was naïve and candid, and turned her into something she is not through the manipulation of their own standards and rules. Celebrity culture heavily relies on qualities of manipulation. This was done through thru burn book, etc Rumors and lies are one are heavily used in manipulation. This is the epitome of celebrity gossip, shown in Mean Girls through Regina George. Regina finds out Cady has a crush on Aaron Samuels, her ex boyfriend, and promises Cady that she would talk to Aaron for her; however, Regina fabricates lies to Aaron; “She [Cady] writes all over her notebook ‘Mrs. Aaron Samuels’. And she made this tee-shirt that says, ‘I heart Aaron’, and she wears it under all her clothes…She saved this Kleenex you used and she said she’s going to do some kind of African voodoo with it to make you like her”. Evidence in nineteenth century literature is provided in Frankenstein, when