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The Psychology of Mean Girls Mean Girls, ironically my favorite movie, in my opinion clearly and comically depicts the misconceptions and stereotypes that are perceived by society of early adolescents. Stanley Hall characterized adolescence as a time of “storm and stress” and this negative image has stuck with society. As we’ve learned and discussed in class, Sigmund Freud took the concept of storm and stress a step further and developed his stages of psychosocial development but saw adolescence

Wannabees inspired Tina Fey to create a film which soon became Mean Girls. Fey called and pitched her idea to Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels who then contacted Paramount Pictures. Paramount Pictures then bought the rights to the book. Although the book was nonfiction Tina Fey wrote the plot based on her own high school experiences. As far as casting goes Lindsay Lohan first read for Regina George but feared that the "mean girl" would ruin her reputation and the producers also saw her

Extra Credit Assignment: “Mean Girls” “Mean Girls” was a movie released in 2004, little to be known, it is a popular movie that does an exemplary job in demonstrating all four sociological perspectives: functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism, and feminism. Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan), the main actress, is a transfer student from Africa to the States. Her entire life, she had been home-schooled until she entered a public high school, having to learn to the social expectation and

truth in how the high school characters in “Mean Girls” act, but everything is so exaggerated to the point that it becomes make believe. Shows that depict high school environments like “Mean Girls” usually have common stereotypes such as nerds getting bullied and having no social life, athletes (especially football players) being popular with girls, large fights or riots, rumors destroying social lives, and other forms of drama. For example, the clips of “Mean Girls” showed events such as the whole school

When analyzing the theme in the film Mean Girls, plot can be used to support the theme, making fun of others won’t make you feel better about yourself. Plot is made up of different key elements that make contributions to the theme. One of the main key elements relating to plot that supports the theme are the protagonist and antagonist of a drama. Stated in Perrine’s Literature by Greg Johnson and Thomas R. Arp, a protagonist is a central character in a conflict that possesses good qualities and

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Mean Girls is a film about a homeschooled girl, Cady Heron, who has moved to Evanston from Africa and has been enrolled at a public school, called North Shore High School. She gets to experience what a public school is like and how there are different cliques that exist in society. Unexpectedly, Cady is invited to join the clique, called “The Plastics,” which consists of Regina, Gretchen, and Karen, and she quickly acquires how a girl should behave and appear. Later on, Cady understands how they

are the gatekeepers. Eventually, Cady started becoming very self-conscious and feminine with her fashion just like the Plastics. She’s struggling with her double life as a good girl and being part of the mean girls. If we’re going to use the Bechdel Test as the standard of gender bias of Mean Girls, they’ll get an A for having a large cast with an even amount of female characters. In addition, Regina, Gretchen, and Karen are all into fashion. They like talking about dating, sex, and the latest gossip

marketing for Mark Water’s 2004 film Mean Girls reflects this divided focus, using a two-pronged approach to attempt to attract the largest range of paying customers. On an aesthetic level, from the appearance of the promotional website to the music used in the trailers, the film tries is aimed at teenage girls. However, on a less superficial level, the high-brow humor used in the promotional videos and the written content of the website, is aimed at adults. Mean Girls is praised for success in spite

Reading Drama Unit Summative Conflict and setting in a drama can increase the meaning of the theme. When examining a drama such as the film Mean Girls conflict is a major part of the movie. Between the cliques, and boy problems all of the characters go through their fair share of conflicts weather they be big or small. The main characters Cady and Regina almost seem to go to war when Cady developes a crush on Regina's ex boyfriend. They both do sneaky things such as setting each other up, lying