Tim and Tay go back to high school to talk about Mean Girls. This teen movie has palpable star power, solid writing, thoughtful direction, and undeniably meme-able lines, making it an evergreen entry in the overcrowded and easily dated high school movie genre. 

Synopsis
When a naive, homeschooled junior named Cady attends American high school for the first time, she is quickly accepted into the Plastics, a clique of the highest strata. Cady soon falls for the ex-boyfriend of the clique leader, Regina Goerge. After Regina gets back with her ex, Cady and her friends Janice and Damian hatch a plot to take Regina down.

Mean Girls stars Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams, was directed by Mark Waters, and first hit theatres on April 30, 2004.

Mean Girls is available to stream on Netflix.

Scene (55:38–1:03:18)
After securing her position as the new queen bee, Cady plans a small get-together while her parents are out of town in hopes of locking down Regina’s ex, Aaron Samuels. A full-blown party ensues, and lines are crossed as she has her moment with Aaron, is forced to face her excluded friends, and truly sends Regina over the edge by not inviting her, resulting in a high school crisis for the ages.

Links

• 6:00 - Mary Jane Ford on costuming
• 14:55 - Clinton uses Mean Girls gif 
• 20:45 - Aaron Samuels' dumb smile
• 34:30 - ModernGurlz - "Analyzing the Outfits in Mean Girls"
• 41:00 - Rosalind Wiseman on  Mean Girls

Recommendations

• Tim: Everybody Wants Some (Linklater, 2016). Available to stream on Prime.
  
  
• Tay:  Eighth Grade (Burnham, 2018). Available to stream on Crave.

All links are verified at the time of publication and based on availability in Canada.

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