Mean Girls (2024) Tina Fey, Renee Rapp, Angourie Rice, Auli'i Cravalho, and Avantika

Book Vs. Movie: Mean Girls
The 2002 Book vs. the 2004 Movie vs. the 2018 Musical vs. the 2024 Movie

"Mean Girls" is a teen comedy film released in 2004 that follows Cady Heron, a high school student who navigates the social hierarchy and mean girls. The film stars Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried, and Lacey Chabert. "Queen Bees and Wannabes" is a book by Rosalind Wiseman that explores the dynamics of teenage girls' social cliques. The "Mean Girls" musical adaptation premiered on Broadway in 2018 and follows the same storyline as the film but with some changes. The 2024 film stars Renee Rapp. Angourie Rice, and Auli’l Cravalho. Tina Fey wrote the screenplays for all versions. Which did we (the Margos) prefer of all of the adaptations?

In this ep, the Margos discuss:

• The origin stories of the various “Mean Girls.”
•  The differences between the 2004 film and the musical
• The cast of the 2024 film includes Augourie Rice (Cady Heron,) Renee Rapp (Regina George,) Auli’i Cravalho (Janis,) Jaquel Spivey (Damian Hubbard,) Avantki (Karen,) Bebe Wood (Gretchen Wieners,) Christopher Briney (Aaron Samuels,) Jenna Fischer (Ms. Heron,) Busy Phillips (Mrs. George,) Tina Fey (Ms. Norbury) and Tim Meadows as Mr. Duvall. 

• Cady joins the “Plastics”
• Mean Girls (2024 trailer) 
• “Someone Gets Hurt”
• “Cool Mom”
• “Regina gets run over”
• The Holiday Pagent. 
• Music by Jeff Richmond and Lyrics by Nell Benjamin.