Response to Emma's Blog - Mean Girls 

The movie 'Mean girls' is definitely an all time favorite of mine. It is an easy film to watch and follow the plot, as well as having many 'laugh out loud' moments. It is one of the few movies that never get old and almost anyone in this generation could real off a quote from it.

Coming from England, this movie represents what we imagine to be a stereotypical American high school - lots of 'red cup' parties and cliquey friend groups. However, I agree with Emma, in the fact that there is a moral to the story: being mean to others can lead to your own negative consequences, (a.k.a Karma). It also aims to teach the viewers that everyone should be their own person and that one should not pretend to be someone they are not. This movie embodies every aspect of the problems people face growing up, in a typical American high school. It is the ‘crème de la crème’ of todays ‘Chick Flicks’.

The comedy that is most evident in this movie is closest to that of relief theory. After everyone finds themselves in a huge mess, we are relieved to see that they all end up relatively happy, even though their social statuses have gone completely downhill. This proves the underlying point that, in order to be ‘cool’ and happy, we do not need to ridicule and bully others.