Hot Takes (?) on Renee Rapp and Mean Girls | Guilty Pleasures Ep.

[@rachelc6516]

I felt like cady was totally miscast. But Regina? Immaculate. Obsessed with Renne Rap.

[@mookayla2889]

Y'all know that Renne Rapp was literally playing Regina as flirting with Cadie the whole time

[@maritzai0322]

Another fun fact for Kelsey. Auli'i did all her eye makeup for the movie! She said it empowered her rendition of Janice.

[@princessleia9735]

I didn't even realize she was Auli'i until I looked up the cast! She did a great job - I loved her performance

[@DanieGrace]

That's even more iconic 😍 I love her sm

[@solcarlosofficial]

I wish they had the 4 way phone call because that scene showed how they were all fake with each other. The movie just shows Regina being mean to them. I know people don’t have phone calls like that nowadays but I wish they came up with a different scenario that showed that fakeness of the group.

[@kimmehkinzz]

Yes! Would have been really cool to see multiple group chats or subtweets showing how two faced they all were to eachother.

[@hanonondricek411]

That's a normal complaint in the stage show as well - they sanded down the edges so the Mean Girls are not so specifically "Mean" anymore and that carried to the movie remake.

[@a_o011]

FaceTime or Zoom it wouldn't have been thay hard 😅

[@bluboyo]

i know it was like a throwaway joke at the end but @ lesbians who previously identified as bi, you did not betray/you are not a “loss” of the bi community! identities fluctuate throughout our entire lives and you are valid!

[@magnoliaskogen]

yes!

[@tmendes24]

As a bisexual woman who greatly prefers women over men, I sometimes wish I could just identify as a lesbian, but I still have an annoying (lol) attraction to some men, so I don’t feel like it would be truthful to call myself a lesbian. But I agree definitely don’t see it as loss when someone who previously indentified as bi now identify as lesbian (I kind of envy them for that bc it makes thing less complicated for that person). I would only feel like it was a loss if a woman I was attracted to went from identifying as bi to identifying as straight 😭

[@bexyPTX]

Worth noting that the bathroom scene at the end is NOT new and is in fact a deleted scene from the original

[@Shardai_smith]

Guilty Pleasures will never not be my favorite Try Pod Podcast. The vibes are IMMACULATE

[@gracel9080]

Same!! It's the only one I truly look forward to.....how does this channel not have more subscribers?!

[@janelleandreasen7946]

PREACH! 👏

[@cheesecakelasagna]

Same! Even movies/topics not necessarily my lane, I always end up watching even just purely because of their dynamic.

[@cael_aj]

I had the same experience as Garrick laughing at the iCarly joke in the theatre. It got the biggest laugh from me, but I didn't hear anyone else laughing.

[@ChappellsDaughter]

I'm a simple woman. I see Reneé Rapp in the title, therefore I click.

[@graciea71]

As a Reneé stan, I was so scared to click on this video… pleasantly surprised! Seeing her in concert… the vocals are truly angelic!

[@solcarlosofficial]

“More is better” it’s a KEY song in the musical. That shows the development of Aaron and Cady. And also Aaron was kicked out of school because of Regina in the musical. I wish they had followed that story more like in the musical.

[@mimig7553]

I was so sad they cut that song

[@yarns8117]

I remember seeing that the guy playing aaron said he would only take the role if he didnt have to sing but they for sure cut songs a little too generously WHERE was my good friend Stop

[@belleslovinit]

​@@yarns8117he's not even attractive enough to be asking that

[@if3359]

I'm not a big fan of the song itself but maybe they should've replace it with another song that does something similar. Same for "Where Do You Belong?", I understand it might not have fitted in stylistically, but it was missing and that threw off the pacing.

[@YesJosephine]

Renee’s song at the Halloween party was the highlight of the movie, followed by Avantika at the Halloween party, and the moment tina fey said I love you to principal Duvall was so sweet 💖

[@if3359]

The "Reginald" line is from the stage musical and is so iconic that I have to keep reminding myself it is not in the 2004 movie. I was a little sad they didn't include the Gretchen stage line "Sometimes I feel like am Iphone without a case" (something about having a lot of functions but could break at any moment). Good line and very good for explaining her.

[@bexyPTX]

Someone said that Milo Manheim would've been perfect as Aaron and I gotta say that's the best option I've seen - he's attractive and CAN SING like please why didn't they cast him

[@audreymcneal]

The kid they cast didn’t even look like an athlete… At least Milo Manheim looks like he could be an athlete can sing and dance. The casting made no sense to me.

[@mirandabee2323]

Wait, that would've been so fun. He was good in Disney ZOMBIES.

[@hj45-s9k]

He has a pretty good amount of work already too which shows he can be different things than just a pretty boy. I liked him in Prom Pact on Disney but also the newer show School Spirits that was on Paramount+ but is now on Netflix

[@queenkejee]

Renee Rapp could easily kidnap me just by saying ‘get in loser’. God I love her

[@TriforceLiz]

Every time the camera focused on Zach, Nicholas Cage's disembodied eyes stared straight into my soul.

[@2000ppg]

So glad y'all liked the Someone Gets Hurt number because it was definitely my favorite number. I could not remember what it looked like in the stage production originally, so I absolutely loved it! Every part of it was so well executed

[@if3359]

Agree, best scene. (On stage it is very different, it's not like a party song, it's more of a "show" with Regina as a diva being lifted by the ensemble boys, but it has awesome riffs).

[@hanonondricek411]

Hopefully the movie will make more people interested in the musical. The stage show actually makes comedy of theatrical tropes; At one point Karen and Gretchen are on Cady's bed which is a set on a mechanical platform. At the end of the scene as they are sliding away, a drunk Karen pops up "IS THIS ROOM MOVING?"

[@robynk16]

The criticism of the live show being fun cuz it’s homage to the film, but then comparing it too much when it’s also a film is EXACTLY how I felt about the movie musical. I enjoyed it, but it wasn’t the original! I’m with Garrick tho, now I WANT to see the stage show!

[@Awkwardstefan007]

ZACH! We need comfier chairs on this set! What are these waiting room ass chairs???

[@k.gonzalez5336]

So glad y’all mentioned Hairspray. The 2007 remake is phenomenal and I hope yall talk about it on the pod. It’s the best of movie musicals and is a true guilty pleasure

[@yarns8117]

TRAGEDY that they did not mention that renee rapp said in an interview she was playing regina as a lesbian. The casting of aaron doesnt matter because its not About Him as a person he only matters as a source of conflict between her and cady

[@DanieGrace]

I was high as shit watching this and the second she started singing it was like the Leo meme "THATS MOANA!!"

[@ebbygrace23855]

Renee Rapp was in my Spotify top 5 artist for last year. I've been obsessed for like 4, 5 years now 😍😍😍😍

[@carolinesch.]

I really liked the social Media aspect they did to make it modern but mean girls without them all being really mean was a choice

[@phoebes3490]

I saw Renee Rapp perform and win the Blumeys in 2018 (the regional HS musical theatre awards show in Charlotte) before she won the jimmys, and I distinctly remember my best friend and I turning to each other and saying, “she’s gonna be Regina George” and it’s so wild that she actually did the damn thing. Her star power is truly out of this world

[@magnoliaskogen]

Wow, that's so cool!!

[@mimig7553]

Auli’i Cravalho was the star of this movie for me, she’s always so good

[@Kendcollective]

what in the guy fieri is korndiddy wearing

[@kylievandiver7735]

The Nick cage mask staring RIGHT at Zach’s camera made me switch to Spotify to just get the audio 💀

[@mirandabee2323]

I went to see the move with my friend (who saw a DC production of the musical with me shortly before it went to Broadway) and my boyfriend (who hasn't seen the 2004 film). We absolutely lost our minds when the Avatar the Last Airbender clip appeared, and my friend and I were really excited that they kept "schquillz" from the musical.

[@emmapanvil]

Zach's shirt giving Guy Fieri is making this all the more better. Love you guys and man Zach's style is just so adorbs

[@Jaeger_rva]

13:58 Thats exactly what my friend and i said. They transition from scene to scene like a stage play

[@carlaviz6605]

I was so impressed with Renee on SNL! It always annoys me how everybody sounds bad on that stage, I don't know what's up with the sound mixing or whatever, but Renee was perfect!

[@shaa3706]

I agree with Garrick on this one. I think its worth a watch but I don't think this is a pleasure. It borrows from both the movie and the musical but isn't as good as either. The music I think was changed mostly for the worst. Cady's actor didn't have the range required for her part nor did Karen's, though with the changes made to Karen's song this wasn't as obvious. It only manages to be better than Mean Girls 2, which was awful and I think in general has been forgotten about, for good reason. The acting also felt subpar to me and over done very geared towards children. But I think the acting makes sense if they were to have gone the streaming route. That being said Damien and Janice were the best on both fronts and were the stars, to me, of this movie. I also enjoyed Renee's vocal performance but I didn't care for this rendition of Regina and felt the broadway version was better and meaner while still not being a direct copy of Rachel McAdams Regina. The outfits were not it either but again I still think having watched the movie and musical I still think its a fun play it in the background movie. Had I not seen either I think it would be a straight Guilty movie.

[@kelsey7134]

I actually loved both movies, Renee Rapp is amazing. However, Rachel McAdam's Regina was mean mean, and I thought she deserved what she got. Renee's Regina, seemed more "repressed." I thought she deserved to get hated on and knocked down a few pegs. However, I felt like the methods Cady, Janis, and Damian used made them become the bad guys. Particularly screwing with her actual weight when they removed the rest of the dialogue about weight from the movie, and it was a really big deal when Renee played the role on Broadway and has talked about it a lot.

[@simplerrors11]

When Aaron first came on screen in my theatre there were gasps and I overheard someone say "why is he ugly!?" 😅 I wouldn't go that far, but I didn't really like him or Cady in their roles (Cady solely for her lack of vocal chops) but I absolutely ADORED Auli'i and Renee

[@hoshi2063]

Random but I love the Factor sponsorship especially if they can take the place of your BetterHelp reads! I’ve been using Factor for a couple months now and I really like it. It’s really just heat-and-eat as opposed to Home Chef or Blue Apron type kits. Great for a picky eater who gets grossed out by food prep.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

This feels like the sequel to the ‘Mean Girls’ podcast.

[@solcarlosofficial]

CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM: you guys keep having debates if someone is “hot” or not! We shouldnt be talking about people’s look. I know you wouldn’t twang people talking about your looks. It comes off as mean.

[@a_o011]

I understand what you're saying. But a movie about the popular group being the IT girls and the hot guy is the whole premise of the movie. That BECAUSE they are hot they can get away with being mean. Pretty girl privilege is the who point. As for other movies, whether we like it or not as a society subconsciously who we deem attractive correlates to their success. It makes total sense to ask because that can make or break a movie if the actors are deemed successful especially unknown actors who are only in posters and not trailers. You don't have to say someone is ugly, but saying "I'm not attracted yo x person, or I don't find y attractive" isn't a bad thing. That why preferences and tastes exist, if not everyone would look the same.

[@Langston42]

23:47 to this point, as someone with cursory knowledge of the OG but not super in love with it, I loved this version (this statement comes with the huge asterisk that I love musicals). I immediately got the soundtrack, and after listening to it all day I went back and watched it again.

[@Abhi-wl5yt]

Watched this movie yesterday, and I can't wait to watch what you guys think. Kelsey was so right at 23:40. This was my first time watching anything Mean Girls related, which is why I loved the movie!

[@KathieHeartsYouu]

Yall saying Chris Briney looks like a high schooler is the funniest thing I’ve ever heard in my entire life bc he looked about 45 compared to the rest of the cast 😅

[@madisonwojcik2605]

kelsey making fun of the way they talk is killing me 😭🫶

[@MichelleArielis]

Oh my goddd not Pennywise lmaoooo im mad that i see it the scream that i scrumpt 😂😂😂😂😂

[@shaa3706]

The bathroom scene at the end was a deleted scene from the original movie!

[@cielxo]

i was SHOCKED that kelsey didn' t bring up the fact that a big difference with the original is that there are is so many moments that hint to regina and janis' past relationship being a blatant homoerotic friendship to "one of us is outwardly queer now" ????

[@Lord__Soul]

I only wish I knew the week before what movie they’ll be watching so I can watch it before hand

[@arualstarr]

I agree with Kelsey, that guy was mid at best. "cute" but not "hot". I was disappointed he didn't sing the song that Aaron sings on Broadway too.

[@elizaesquibel-hemstreet3024]

The music in the musical was so much better than the movie

[@aznfangrl612]

HAHAHA I was in middle school when I first saw Mean Girls and when this new when came out all of my childhood friends and I were stunned they chose that actor to be Aaron Samuels. Aaron Samuels reveal in the OG movie was like 😍😍😍 the most beautiful HS boy ever

[@nayrainbowsparkle]

I agree with Zach's wrap up of the discomfort of the new mean girls. I had that feeling as soon as j saw the remake ads come out.

[@christopherbrooks3590]

Laying on your back while singing is actually not difficult and a useful vocal practice being that’s the most relaxed your diaphragm can be

[@hannahmalone5732]

Just saw the stage play for the first time last night!! This absolutely deserved a pro shot like Hamilton got the movie can’t compare to the stage play

[@JulianaMcKenna]

The OG aaron samuels was not smart enough for ap calc

[@DanieGrace]

"MAKE IT GAYER" you heard it here first. New 2024 slogan

[@sonne5367]

I will say tho, the songs were so turned down? Energy wise, compared to the stage version

[@yarns8117]

Yeah like cadys intro song im contractually obligated to like because miss rapp wrote it but WHERE was the energy. It feels like they didnt trust anyone but renee and avantika with the songs tbh

[@francis2fly]

Love the T-Shirt Chelsea 😍

[@Jordanisgroovy]

I thought some of the acting choices weren’t the best and the music should’ve been way better better but I think it’s a fun movie otherwise.

[@maritzai0322]

Nah. I told my friends the kid that played Aaron looked both old AND young at the same time. To be fair though original Aaron was also not hot.

[@kizi180]

Talk for yourself. He was very good looking.

[@kristoferwilson6593]

the songs were the worst part because they removed the theatricality from them. it’s a movie musical! it can totally be camp. the movie was just halfway so much and i have the biggest gripe with hiring people who can’t sing

[@kelseyp600]

I couldn’t even finish it, thought it was horrible lol

[@ThatBruja]

Yes!! The make-up was a 10/10

[@janellet8003]

I was so upset my favorite line wasn’t in the movie

[@exandrian]

nah aaron wasn't hot enough for them to be fighting over. tbh cady and regina should just have kissed each other to resolve things

[@christophergarrett7082]

This mean girls is so soft. Plus this janis is never made to confront the harm she cause to regina and being a bad friend to cady by using her

[@Thebeckyfiler]

Laying on your back and singing is actually an exercise voice teachers have you do to learn diaphragm control

[@nataliemartinez5950]

PENNYWISE HELPPPPP

[@princessleia9735]

I had a lot of peeves with this movie but my #1 is that none of their ear piercings were aligned! Super random - but every close up pissed me off

[@pumalover1000]

Please do Shark Tale!

[@xotoriexo]

I am putting in a formal request to do a Mike Myers mania movie Guilty Pleasures series

[@elijahcox5378]

when writing the movie they wanted it to be a combination of the original movie and the musical. they’ve already made the original movie, they’ve already done the stage production, so they wanted something new and fresh. Hence why the title says “a new twist from tina fey”. it’s not exactly like the musical or the movie

[@hj45-s9k]

As much as idk about Chris Briney being in Mean Girls as Aaron, I do think they did him dirty with how they parted his hair. His hair isn’t the same in the Summer I Turned Pretty

[@alexconverse4839]

31:15 and they CUT HIS SONGS

[@cosmicoordinates]

Reneé Rapp is our generation's Beyoncé simple as that

[@maritzai0322]

I enjoyed it. It's not amazing but I liked that they updated the music to make it a little on trend instead of keeping it sound super Broadway like

[@christophergarrett7082]

I didn't like this movie. I thought the music was alright. Again its just the same lame story. Plus the tik tok screens takes you out of this movie. I never brought the guy going back to Regina so easily. It didn't fuse the music and the real world element all that well

[@hj45-s9k]

I was skeptical of it but I liked it a lot, maybe even more than the original. I know that’s probably a Hot Take in itself lol

[@kaylakilgore4138]

Everyone, I know who said they liked the musical movie better saw it first, then went back and watched the original

[@aimforthejade]

Please do Jackie Chan movies! Shanghai Noon plsss

[@Candies1Creations]

lol they shouldn't lol oh Garrick

[@um7239]

What I really hated was that they made it “woke”. Like usually idgaf when tv shows/movies are “woke”. But they cut out all the most iconique jokes because they would be considered inappropriate now. Like bffr no ones gonna get offended by them saying social suicide because they know what it means. And if they do they just don’t get it or are just way too sensitive for their own good. Like Olivia Rodrigo referenced it in one of her songs and no one batted an eye so it’s really not that big a deal.

[@M.M.Y.B]

Kelsey is giving brat summer

[@Nikki-tx6kh]

The love interest looks like Sam Heughan from Ali Baba. And as a fan of Sam Heughan, I can't take him seriously for that.

[@Meg_Sprite]

Hot take: Auli’i was the best part of the movie IMO! I think she’s a better singer 😅

[@valorielafaele8568]

Guilty pleasure because the casting of Cady was disrespectful to the rest of the cast.

[@mookayla2889]

tbh i disagree with thkelsey and Garricks first critique, the actors all did the iconic lines and still made it thier own, they know its different, it has to be, if it was exactly the same everyone woud be mad too. All the actors also love the original movie and know the lines like they are and every character had thier own little takes on the iconic lines which i love. That however, was literally the first critique about this movie that didnt just feel like people whining

[@JordanA71009]

Why is Zach dressed like Guy Fieri?

[@JordanA71009]

46:25 omg, he's finally commented on it 😂

[@cheesecakelasagna]

@@JordanA71009 I was actually okay with them never addressing it. I couldn't help but stare at it every time Zach is on screen. 😅

[@JordanA71009]

@@cheesecakelasagna honestly, I half expected them to not comment on it because his wardrobe is so vast and colorful. Glad I'm not the only one who was staring at him though 😬

[@cheesecakelasagna]

@@JordanA71009 Yes! And tbh, I get my outfit inspo from him a lot

[@abbylynne9798]

This movie promo was really weird for me bc my dad’s name is Christopher Briney 🙃 PS sorry but I do have to agree with Zach…just not super cute

[@nellurso]

I did a quick glance and thought Renee was actually on the pod and shrieked for a second but alas , no

[@sam_8493]

Please watch Tammy and the TRex

[@beerightblack]

Can we get The Color Purple musical please?? I feel like y’all don’t hit any black movie classics.

[@aviiletters]

I’m sorry, but I really hated the new mean girls movie. I appreciated Lindsay Lohan in the film and all the cameos. I also appreciated all the one liners that we know and love from the OG mean girls, and I thoroughly enjoyed Renee Rapp performance, other than that I hated the movie.

[@julua4220]

Love y'all so much, but I can't go without making a couple of corrections. The first one is that Renée Rapp went to an arts high school in Charlotte, and not a musical theater high school in New York. The second correction is more general, and that is that gen z and millennials have way more in common than y'all think. The original Mean Girls movie is just as iconic to us as it is to y'all. We can quote it front to back, left to right, just like most millennials can. I think that pretending millennials and gen z are so different is causing a weird cultural divide that is super unnecessary and ultimately pretty harmful. Sure, there are some big cultural differences between the two generations, but some people like to act like we're completely different species, which feels so toxic.

[@a_o011]

I understand what you're saying. But it's not that deep. As a matter of fact most of us who vibe with millennials has a lot to do with the fact that we have older siblings who are in that range or had a friend who's brother or sister were in that range. I have seen gen zs who don't have an older millennial in their life and vise versa, there is a difference. Tbh I don't think there's anything wrong with pointing out the differences. They become a part of self reflection for both generations.

[@viswasrujith8426]

Hi @Guilty Pleasure team we are still waiting for the Bahubali 2 podcast. Please share the video with us soon. Also there is a tit bit of information or let's say a rumour that next movie of the actor who acted as Bahubali (a.k.a Prabhas, Movie - KALKI 2898 India's first sci fie action film) trailer may be released at Superball, As the office release date of the movie is in May. As the movie teaser was actually released at Comic-con. It's unconfirmed if it will be released.

[@abbybottar2297]

I feel like the musical numbers don't add much to the plot of the musical. Like Legally Blonde is a great IP and that musical is great. But Mean Girls? Meh.

[@Leiceku]

❤

[@siennastern664]

i think this is the first environment i have seen anyone like this movie lol coming from gen z the fact that everyone in the comments also liked the movie is proof the audience of this podcast is so millennial😭

[@heydirle]

10 seconds into this, I swear to all that is holy, if you say anything against Renee Rapp, you three will lose all credibility 🫣

[@JordanA71009]

41:42 Still hoping they discuss Renee's ageist comments

[@peachesandgravyy]

womp womp

[@rmp1188]

What comment?

[@peachesandgravyy]

@@rmp1188 she said she doesnt like old people lol

[@rmp1188]

@@peachesandgravyy isn’t that just Gen Z humour? lol

[@writerchick94]

​@rmp1188 it definitely is but she also doubled down on it in a weird way. Honestly I think it's silly that some people were so upset about it but I do think it's one of those things she's gonna feel dumb about saying when she hits 30 herself

[@victorialopez8459]

Okay but… WHEN IS THE BOTTOMS MOVIE REVIEW COMING OUT?!?! 😭💜 BOTTOMS. Go watch it it’s super gay and Kelsey would at least love it. 🥹💜