Mean Girls: Part 2 - a podcast by William Scanlin

In 2004, Tina Fey adapted Rosalind Wiseman's high school self-help book "Queen Bees and Wannabees" into a comedy screenplay. With help from longtime Saturday Night Live producer, Lorne Michaels the movie was made and set a unique standard for what can be done, and said, in a female-led comedy. Join us as we talk about the hoops that Fey had to jump through to have a graphically hilarious menstruation joke in a PG-13 movie, and what exactly constitutes a pie versus a cobbler.

-This is a Spoilercast. We will be discussing the movie in full-spoiler filled fashion! If you haven't seen the movie yet, go listen to our spoiler-free review in the previous episode.

Time stamps:

0:00 - Intro

2:01 - The SNL alums performances in this movie

6:35 - Physical comedy in the movie

9:12 - Other styles of comedy used in the movie

12:55 - Mean Girls as a coming of age movie

18:21 - How has it aged?

22:57 - Mini-Segment: Anatomy of a fart joke

23:58 - Outro

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