Mean Girls vs. Clueless

How you view people may be a direct response on which movie you prefer.

Real Mean Girls vs. Traumatized Nice Girls

I’m a “Clueless” girl. Let’s get that out of the way. I definitely grew up in the 90’s and was a poster child for their fashion trends through-out high school. To this day, one can see many of the “Clueless” fan club showing “Cher-like” traits as now moms or business owners that participate in heath living practices, environment friendly products, and self-awareness activities that add a little bit of “light” to the world.

Ten years later we have a generation that grew up on the “Mean Girls”. Their generational movie was about cliques that betrayed each other, focused on tearing others down to be popular, and “friendly” hate crimes that defined their friendships unto the clique was completely dissolved.

I’m not saying one movie was better than the other, I simply have a question. Do you think the movie one identifies with has a distinctive way of connecting to ones moral code?

For instant, Cher was a wealth girl but lost her mom at a young age. She had a distinctive void in her life that made her fantasy world a little more relatable and gave off a “mom” vibe to most of her friends. Because of her traumatic experience, she was nice “on purpose” and her focus was on others throughout the movie.

Regina (on the other hand) didn’t have anything traumatic that made her relatable. She was nice in public, but rude and malicious behind everyone’s back. Her mom let her do whatever she wanted and she treated her friends as disposable toys until they turned on her.

Unfortunately I believe alot of people identify with the movie “Mean Girls”. They believe in order to be popular or loved, you must be void of feelings and moral character so no one can hurt you. That is completely not true. In order to be truly happy you have to be open to being positive: loving others and yourself no matter what the circumstances are, always focused on self improvement, and mentally mature enough to create a life that you want to enjoy.

Don’t believe me? Why do we love the “Devil Wears Prada” so much? Because Andy worked hard and chose to be herself at the end. She still had the fashion capabilities and opportunities of a Miranda, but she chose a life of love, peace, and happiness. In the end of your movie, what will they say was your choice?