Mean Girls: This patronising, toothless reboot is giving Gen Z a bad name
by Maddy Mussen
Jan 17, 2024
3 minutes
The Mean Girls musical movie is out and, despite the online discourse and cries of "wokewashing", it would be wrong to call it controversial. The film, which is based on the of the original 2004 teen comedy, has started conversations, sure, and no, not everybody likes it – but it fundamentally lacks any of the bite or wit required to be truly divisive. It is a diluted, lukewarm version of the seminal, spiky 00s teen comedy, and it is an insult to to assume they'd be impressed by it.
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