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Top left, Lacey Chabert, Rachel McAdams, Lindsay Lohan and Amanda Seyfried in their natural habitat.
Above left, director Mark Waters and producer Lorne Michaels. Right, Amy Poehler as Mrs George.
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The Queen Bee A combination of the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland and Barbie: a mixture of charisma, force, money, looks, strong will and manipulation. She reigns supreme, can silence other girls and boys with a look, and her popularity is based on fear and control. Nice? Not!
The Sidekick A combination of willing servant and humble handmaid, the sidekick does everything the Queen Bee tells her to do. Though she considers the Queen Bee her best friend, the manipulative monarch looks down on her subject, who idolises her nonetheless. Think sycophant!
The Banker A combination of con artist and stool pigeon, the banker lures girls in, gathers their trust and gets them to divulge information about themselves, which she then banks like currency to be spent – or spilled – later for her own benefit. She’s almost as powerful as the Queen Bee in her manipulative abilities, and her casual droppings of gossip only strengthen her status as the girl in the know. Be careful of the banker’s wake… it’s full of innocent casualties who had the misfortune of trusting her.
The Wannabe She aims to please the Queen Bee and will do anything to get in her good graces. But she tries too hard – a big no-no in Girl World – and is often merely seen as pathetic. Even as the Queen Bee gets her to do her dirty work – like passing a note to someone that will surely destroy that someone’s world (at least for the day) – the calculating Queen only pretends to take the wannabe under her wing until the dirty deed is done. After all, she’s nobody!
The Target Worse than the wannabe, the target is the victim set up by the Queen Bee and the popular clique – set up to be humiliated, made fun of or excluded. Usually someone who once challenged the Bee and her bee-otchy bunch, the target is at the bottom of the totem pole, kicked down there often simply because she tried to climb up.
The Torn Bystander Constantly in conflict because she knows the Queen Bee is wrong, but won’t stand up to her – why, she wouldn’t want to become a target! – the torn bystander usually feels damned if she does and damned if she doesn’t. As she desperately tries to accommodate everyone, she doesn’t have the self-confidence to align herself with what she really wants. And just what is it that she really wants? The poor torn bystander is too ripped apart to know.
The Floater Self-confident, full of self-esteem and one of the few girls who doesn’t base her self-worth on what others think. Aligning herself with no single clique, the floater is comfortable and welcome in almost all groups – and those that don’t accept her, she wouldn’t have wanted to associate with anyway. Willing to actually stand up to the Queen Bee if backed into a corner, the floater does have power, but not the same impact or influence as the Queen Bee because the floater is interested in friendship, not idol worship. She is truly the silver lining in the dark cloud hanging over Girl World.
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MEAN GIRLS
Paramount Pictures presents a Lorne Michaels production
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Prod: Lorne Michaels; Exec prod: Jill Messick; Co-prod: Louise Rosner; Dir: Mark Waters; Scr: Tina Fey, based on Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends and Other Realities of Adolescence by Rosalind Wiseman; Ph: Daryn Okada; Prod des: Cary White; Cost des: Mary Jane Fort; Ed: Wendy Greene Bricmont; Casting: Robin D Cook, Marci Liroff, Susan Shopmaker; Mus: Rolfe Kent; Mus super: Amanda Scheer Demme.
With Lindsay Lohan (Cady Heron), Rachel McAdams (Regina George), Tina Fey (Ms Norbury), Tim Meadows (Principal Duvall), Amy Poehler (Mrs George), Ana Gasteyer (Betsy Heron), Lacey Chabert (Gretchen Weiners), Lizzy Caplan (Janis Ian), Daniel Franzese (Damian), Neil Flynn (Chip Heron), Jonathan Bennett (Aaron Samuels), Amanda Seyfried (Karen Smith).
International distribution: Paramount Pictures/UIP
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