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Essay / Teen Movies: 'Mean Girls' vs. 'Clueless' - 1277 old favorites "Mean Girls" and "Clueless" that will never be out of date and boring, so invite your best friends and leave the guys at home for a girls' night out! Now you may be thinking that "Mean Girls" and "Clueless" are a bit old and past their expiration date, but they were when they were first released and seen, so I recommend you check them out. Buy or rent these awesome movies and see what high school life was like all those years ago. “Mean Girls” tells the story of a homeschooled girl whose parents are zoologists living in Africa. Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) is completely unprepared for her first day at a public high school, but with the help of school misfits Janis and Damien, Cady learns about the school's many different cliques, including including the Plastics, a group of girls led by queen bee Regina George who, believe it or not, was once Janis' best friend. Janis uses Cady to get revenge on Regina by cutting off Regina's resources, which include Regina's two best friends, Gretchen Wieners and Karen Smith. During the film, Cady is used as a messenger and is forced to hang out with the Plastics. She gradually loses her individual personality and recasts herself in Regina's image. The film was directed by Mark Waters, produced by Lourne Michaels and written by Tina Fey who also stars as Mrs. Norbury, Cady's math teacher. “Mean Girls” is based on the New York Times bestseller Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence by Rosalind Wiseman. "Clueless" tells the story of Cher Horowitz (Alicia Silverston... middle of paper ... characters in "Mean Girls". I think "Clueless" involves more characters in the storyline than "Mean Girls" and " Clueless" also includes more black characters. American actors and actresses generally tend to use more slang than white people because it comes more naturally to them. I would also say that slang was more of a new, popular, cool thing in the 1990s than in the 2000s. The differences are really that the voiceovers come from different points of view, from two girls from different classes and from different levels of the social hierarchy Cady Heron being the newcomer who comes from. Africa and apparently needs help and Cher Horowitz who is a happy, carefree girl, popular rich kid So if you like the sound of these two films and want to see them for yourself, buy them or. rent them and enjoy going back in time to school in America without moving an inch.!
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