Watch the movie Mean Girls and answer the questions below.(Use your notebook)
MEAN GIRLS
1. In any middle school or high school, the cafeteria is a microcosm of the social structure of the student body. How do you see this microcosm in the movie? There are also individual stereotypes portrayed in the movie, e.g. the dumb blonde. Describe at least five stereotypical characters or groups. What role do they play in the movie?
2. Regina is the mover and shaker at the high school. She knows all the rules girls play by as they establish and maintain their social status. What are some of the rules? A quote from the movie says, “In the girl world, all the fighting has to be sneaky.” How is this evident in this film? How did her sneakiness backfire on Cady?
3. How did Cady slowly go from being anti-plastic to plastic herself? Chronicle the transition with specific references to the film.
4. Regina’s mother exemplifies plasticity herself, even as she promotes Regina’s queen bee status. In what ways is Regina a mirror image of her mother? What questions would you want to ask or what advice would you want to give her mother?
5. MEAN GIRLS has a Hollywood ending, that is, the main character ends up a “good” person, gets the boy, and wins respect and admiration of others in the school. Is that a realistic ending? What does the last scene seem to indicate about social climbing among adolescent girls?
Enjoy the movie!
