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SATURDAY AUGUST 5

MEAN GIRLS

“That was so fetch”

TVNZ 2, 7.00pm

High-school comedy from back when Lindsay Lohan was Hollywood’s It girl, though it was her co-stars Rachel McAdams and Amanda Seyfried who went on to bigger things. Tina Fey penned this enduring examination of school cliques and cruelty. It’s not quite Heathers, but its cult following is deserved, especially for Fey’s dialogue. It became a Broadway musical too, a film of which is in the works. (2004)

FAME

Not lighting up the sky

Eden, 8.25pm

Director Alan

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