watching *MEAN GIRLS* so i can watch the musical, lol

[@n_k2137]

The musical imo is not as bad as everyone is making it out to be, it’s a fun little movie. I think the main reason so many people hated it is because they were expecting the same level of culture impact as the og, something that is just not possible

[@bLuGhOsT_]

I LOVED the musical!!!!

[@Superchris-og6dd]

that is so true. it is also surprising the amount of people who went in not realizing it was a musical which added to the negative reactions

[@davidalvarado9957]

I just think it was unnecessary. That might be another reason why people hate it. That's the reason I just plain won't watch it.

[@Lilt348]

thats why i watched the musical first and I LOVE IT

[@V_4_Versace]

Yeah I agree, I definitely hyped it in my head. I love musicals and I love Mean Girls so I thought I was going to love it but for me it was a bit too “classical cut to music in the middle of a thought to explain thought or feeling” in way I think was supposed to ironic and funny but just came off dated, out of touch, and cringey and then the story and style outside of the music also wasn’t very interesting, so it just wasn’t as good as it could have been considering its origins. Like even now, I don’t know anyone talking about this movie in pop culture whereas we still quote and copy the style from the original…

[@madisynissaquah243]

His shirt says " i see ugly people" mocking i see dead people

[@fictionaldarling]

oh!! thanks!

[@estephanygomes4059]

"how you overthrow a dictator?" "guillotine!" I mean, Jess is not entirely wrong, lol

[@floorticket]

"Heathers" (1989) is the Mean Girls of the 80s. Starring: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, and Shannen Doherty

[@LordVolkov]

And Jawbreaker is the Mean Girls of the 90s 👍 Does that make Carrie the Mean Girls of the 70s? 🤔

[@Multifandom04]

@@LordVolkovI would say yes

[@Multifandom04]

Facts just with added murder😂

[@thedoctordisco4110]

This is a sign that she should watch heathers movie and heathers the musical (from roku) next

[@floorticket]

@@thedoctordisco4110I had no clue there was a Heathers musical. Wow, and it predates the Mean Girls musical. And somehow in my heyday of video rental I missed "Jawbreaker." So, that's on the list. "Election", "Drop Dead Gorgeous", "Dick" ... "The Virgin Suicides." So many good ones from 1999 she should check out.

[@Jordashian93]

Truly the best teen movie ever made. Most iconic "chick-flick" ever made. Lindsay Lohan is impeccable and truly becomes a plastic and eases into that role seamlessly.

[@BeeBlossomEdits]

This movie is the definition of iconic

[@I_Luv_DILFS]

THE STORY ABOUT HER TEACHER???? HELP??????

[@fictionaldarling]

i still haven't recovered from his class tbh 💀💀

[@arik_dev]

The picture next to the unit circle legitimately made me crack up. I wonder what he would put next to a recent picture... the Banach-Tarski Paradox?

[@Pviigex]

I WANT THE TEACHER PLEASE

[@AmyAberrant]

A true gay

[@noxteryn]

I am willing to bet money that he was autistic. Classic hyperfixation on a special interest.

[@nolaray1062]

The original is just too iconic. It’s one of those movies I can watch a million times and not lose my mind. I haven’t seen all of the musical, so I won’t offer an opinion on that out of fairness. (I just couldn’t get into it.) BUT, I don’t fault anybody that does love it. It’s nice that the legend can live on! (As long as everybody gives props to the OG 😝)

[@JustGamingSweden]

Went into the cinema to have a good time with the musical and with 0 expectations, I enjoyed it.

[@nightslayer6951]

Both the original and the musical of Mean Girls were hilarious

[@BrandonJames2016]

This movie is so iconic literally a work of art for the times. I rewatched it with friends awhile ago cause it was awhile since I’ve seen the movie and I was like omg this movie 💀.

[@mryoungandbrave1]

This movie is iconic. Jess, if you haven't watched the 'Princess Dairies' films, I highly recommend them. They star Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews and they are movies you'd love.

[@fictionaldarling]

i love the princess diaries! but i'd always be down for a rewatch 😊

[@petrastedman669]

Janis Ian is Virginia Johnson's granddaughter, and that's where she gets the sass. Headcanon is now cemented.

[@fictionaldarling]

AMAZING

[@beezyqueen]

NO WAIT please do not try to suck poison out of a snake bite that’s a very dangerous myth 💀

[@RubyMadigan]

You should watch Matilda the Musical because it's actually a great adaptation of the stage show. It's not based on the movie though. The musical is based on the book and has been running in the west end for over 10 years

[@nicholasrizo6779]

Lacey Chabert is on Hallmark now but also was the voice of Meg in Family Guy for the first two seasons

[@Toidal]

I've only seen the stage musical and not the movie musical, but the og movie is often really clever and subtle in how it's writing and the meaning is delivered. Like the mathlete scene, that internal dialogue she has to herself that leads to a correct answer is done really well in also honing the core message of what she learned from the whole ordeal. Whereas the stage musical version maybe by it's nature of being a musical, the scene is done with zero subtlely and she's singing at high energy the whole time ultimately belting 'the limit does not exist!' which I dunno, it's less like she herself is coming to that conclusion, it's like the musical is trying to beat you over the head with what you're supposed to take away from the show.

[@petrastedman669]

Well, hello, darling! 💞 So glad you're tacking this movie. One of my favorite takes is that Janis was explaining her Lebanese background to Regina when they were younger, and she misunderstood and thought she liked girls.

[@taylorelissaa]

what I will say about the musical go in with an open mind and have fun watching it. don’t take it too seriously I do love the musical for different reasons but most importantly that it’s fun!

[@fictionaldarling]

yes!! i do love musicals, so i'm honestly excited to watch it & see what they've done!

[@cwaycore1633]

I know something what will get you excited to watch the musical!!!! Gretchen is played by Bebe Wood aka Lake Meriwether from Love, Victor!!!! ❤❤❤

[@andrewd6450]

I LOVE. the Mean Girls Musical movie. Don’t listen to the internet. It’s full of hate for no reason.

[@regent2125]

A classic, time-less comedy movie! I always have fun rewatching it

[@axr7149]

FYI: This movie and FREAKY FRIDAY (2003) not only had Lindsay Lohan in the lead, but the same director too! Speaking of which, that movie needs a video (Jamie Lee Curtis is ICONIC in that).

[@chrisf5828]

Interesting note: As with Mean Girls, The Freaky Friday stage musical was good and had a movie version (disney channel) that was not as good but okay.

[@r0bnva]

Tbh my biggest issue with the movie musical is the drastic music production changes from the stage version. If you're not familiar with the stage show, I think you'll enjoy the movie musical! especially since you don't have a strong nostalgic connection to the original film

[@daytonnicholson4879]

I have two things. 1.) The musical (stage version) is incredible. The movie version (of the musical) has some great moments, but it's severely lacking because the girl playing Cady just didn't have the vocal chops to handle it. 2.) When you said "You could use that as a monologue" after Gretchen's breakdown Caesar speech, I died, because I work at a theatre and literally watched somebody use that monologue at a giant professional theatre casting call 💀

[@liltmarshall8717]

YES please react to the musical! I honestly love it

[@MariaStar64]

My mom and I actually enjoyed the musical even though we were the ONLY ones in the theater I still had a good time

[@fictionaldarling]

i'm glad!!!

[@islasullivan3463]

I recommend also listening to the Broadway musical songs as well after you watch the movie, bc it’s really good but they cut some good songs from the movie.

[@typiper]

I LOVE Mean Girls (2024) as a fan of the OG and the Broadway musical, not to mention the cast of the movie! Reneé and Auli’i are it up and everyone else did pretty great too. It’s fun for what it is as its own thing. Not a perfect movie but a campy musical.

[@JeM130177]

Dang that calculus teacher sounds.....interesting 😂😂. Best I had was an English teacher who had a photo of Colin Firth as Mr Darcy taped to her desk 😂 and cat pictures around her room...which gave unfortunate Professor Umbridge vibes but she was the sweetest loveliest lady so. Also as someone who lives in Britain who finds the difference in our high school general day to day to be absolutely wild...the idea that you could be in maths and the teacher puts on a movie so you go "okay well can I leave and go to the art room then?" is wild to me 😂😂

[@Mrmapleleaffan13]

The 2024 Mean Girls musical film is amazing

[@AddT2Ony]

The Mean Girls musical was awesome. Forget the haters.

[@snidefultodd]

Oof. The teacher story. I got rid of my Hilary Duff/Lindsay Lohan vision board in the eigth grade. Frightening to learn about who I could have become.

[@fictionaldarling]

this is so funny im sorry 😭

[@bLuGhOsT_]

The musical was so much fun!!!

[@Jayrod-qb3zb]

I watched the original Mean Girls(2004) film on KZbin when it was free about two hours before I went to the movie theater to watch the new Mean Girls(2024) when it first came out. I also just watched Mean Girls(2024) again in theaters about 4 hours ago as of writing this comment 😂. I enjoyed both films. The original Mean Girls is a great film and of course I technically like it better but I enjoyed the latest one because it was just a modern new take on the original and the Broadway musical and I had fun with it.

[@justindenney-hall5875]

One Movie I wish more reactors would cover is "Always" (1989) directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, and Audrey Hepburn in her last film appearance before her passing in 1993.

[@JNDReacts]

5:12 Huh. I never noticed that in this movie. Now in the musical…😍

[@Awhmanitsdanttv]

12:22 that is not only Liza Thornberry but the original Meg Griffin from Family Guy

[@Camera-180]

The musical movie is just a fun little movie. i think people just had really high expectations for it without even watching or listening to the actual musical on broadway

[@Awhmanitsdanttv]

3:34 this reminds me of the joke in Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia when Charlie brings up a lady who ate an entire sleeve of chips o’hoy cookies LOL

[@trufamilybromontqc]

remember renting this when it came out on dvd ,like it was yesterday.

[@frecklycheeks]

Girl your teacher might need to be on a list somewhere

[@LifeofaQuinn]

love this love you ❤ (WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOUR MATH TEACHER?!?!)

[@squidboitoys]

Can’t wait to see you watch the musical!

[@brunoramirez3901]

the og movie is so really good. aaaa but i also love the 2024. is not so good like the og or the broadway version, but is funny.

[@emmapalermo8128]

I LOVED it so much! The movie and the musical slayed. The songs were SO GOOD!

[@GreenWolfDen]

Watch the bloopers. Seriously. The blooper from the last scene is hilarious.

[@kensidavid379]

I loved the musical. It was so much fun😊

[@iamsam8149]

"How was your summer?" That means its the beginning of the school year

[@glerpz]

Have you ever thought of occasionally playing/reacting to some story video games for the first time on your channel, or creating a video game channel? I think some good ones would be - Halo Combat Evolved (2001) - Metal Gear Solid (1998) - Lego Marvel Superheroes (2012) (this one doesnt really have a deep story, but its super charming and has early mcu + non mcu characters meeting up) - The Walking Dead TellTale Season 1 (2012) also if its your first time playing these types of games there is no shame in picking lower difficulty settings!

[@enikocsaszar2874]

I love that you say 'see ya' at the end of every video, and I'm Hungarian, and we say 'szia' which sounds the same and all the time I'm like huh so cool you speak Hungarian😂😂

[@Nicamon]

"Mean Girls"is super-iconic,but,please,don't skip"Jawbreaker"!! 20:23 - 20:27 No it's not,it's totally wrong and you should *never* do it!Unless you wanna die way faster,that is.🐍

[@robertbunting3117]

Great reaction...double check that snake bite bit, i don't think that's the thing to do anymore

[@zoc.6922]

The musical is fun. It’s it’s not gonna have the same impact as the original because it was such a cultural phenomenon, but the musical is still a good fun time.

[@scorpia-lovebot]

Love this movie!! Personally I adored the new Mean Girls movie/musical as well. I was definitely the target audience (Loved the movie and the musical, love Renée Rapp, am generally very queer, and love a silly camp movie that I don't have to take too seriously). I also had a lot of fun analyzing the tiny line changes between the two movies. It's very fun to watch them back to back, because you notice all these little things that show the cultural shift between the 2000s and 2020s so well! It was also SO fun to see with my partner. But I'm definitely in the minority. I truly believe if you accept it as a good time and don't take it too seriously, you'll really enjoy it!

[@CCZor]

The original is iconic (I was in HS when it came out). Also I use the Oct 3rd thing all the time (since the next day is my birthday).

[@shenanigans9897]

Oooof i've been there my spanish 3 teacher put on spanish language babe everyday. And because he did it with different periods, it was always the exact same part.

[@alancrofoot]

LOL The bus that hit Regina had to be going 80 mph in front of a school!!!

[@LegoCat88]

Had to write an English essay in this movie in year 9, kinda glad I did cause now I get the references

[@luciaarnaotorrego6852]

Loved your reaction as always💗 You should check out society of the snow, i would love to hear what you have to say about that one

[@luaxif]

the musical is great ok 😭 its fun and reneé rapp.

[@ForeverInDreams237]

"Don't look at me"...Same 😂😂😂

[@AC-ki9zr]

As an Australian, please do not suck the venom out of a snake bite 😭

[@ScoutOlson]

The Junior Plastic in the pink shirt looks like Sydney Sweeney. It would've been so funny if that was her.

[@amywonderland9297]

Yea, I’m totally watching the edited version after seeing it on Patreon. 😅🙈 I mean in my defence it’s one of the few sites that actually works while on the boat Wi-Fi so….hi again Jess! 😅😅😅 hope you’re good :)

[@fictionaldarling]

😂 hi!! i hope you're good, too & having a safe time on the boat!!

[@amywonderland9297]

@@fictionaldarlingyeah. It’s been a smooth journey almost over then a lovely four hour drive up to Scotland

[@fictionaldarling]

@@amywonderland9297 omg i wish i was going to scotland, that's amazing 😭i hope you have a great time!!!

[@amywonderland9297]

@@fictionaldarling haha thanks 😊 you ever been before? Or anywhere in the UK?

[@fictionaldarling]

​@@amywonderland9297 i've been to london (& one day-trip to cardiff for the doctor who experience, but that probably doesn't count as properly visiting wales 😅) but i haven't been to scotland yet - hopefully soon, though! it seems utterly gorgeous 😭you're so lucky!!

[@raichu753siordia2]

If you like musicals try Hazbin Hotel!

[@ericb9252]

Damien is my spirit animal

[@moramorandobianchi7093]

Hey, can you not use that term anymore? It’s actually a religious term from some Native cultures and being used like that is considered offensive. Thanks

[@jonasquinn7977]

This is a true classic

[@BryanWasHere89]

Personally, I actually really like the remake. It built upon the original while avoiding the admittedly problematic parts of the original. Then again, I grew up on the original. For a long time, it used to be my go-to Sick Day movie. Also, I'm a sucker for a good musical.

[@robbiejay1646]

I have Lohans mugshot on my wall too aha.

[@toreyzyre]

The 2024 musical is watchable and like I mean especially if you don't have nostalgia attached you will probably enjoy it. I grew up with this version so it will always be iconic to me and I will always enjoy it and usually watch it every October 3rd or thereabouts. The newer one does better if that is your opinion of such things about diversity but to others may not make as much sense why they broke up the cast the way they did. So I can see while trying to be respectful of course, and assuming people are not just hating for memes or ragebait why someone would see one being superior to the other or not. All in all, 2024 as a musical and a movie is perfectly enjoyable and watchable. There's just a lot of changes

[@expobeau]

The actual Broadway musical is fantastic, and is without a doubt the superior version. Unfortunately, it can only be viewed by bootleg. The new movie is a heavily edited and cut up version of the Broadway musical. They cut an hour out of it and removed half the songs. It's better than a lot of what critics say; I think the "surprise it's a musical" aspect of it really turned people off before it even had a chance. They didn't advertise it as a musical literally at all, and people were sitting in the theater shocked. You know there's nothing people who hate musicals like more than being tricked into seeing a musical.

[@johnpittsii7524]

Hope you are having an great and awesome day ❤

[@fictionaldarling]

thanks! i hope you are, too! :)

[@serenity4eva89]

the obsession with Masters Of Sex was unexpected but also a vibe 😊

[@rinmathews9337]

I think one of the unsaid jokes of this movie is Janice being Lebanese and Rachel not knowing what that meant and thinking she's a Lesbian.

[@Ava_Lynn7]

Jess I am begging you to please react to SKAM Norway. You won’t regret it- seriously one of the best shows out there. 🙏🏽

[@lucas.2.3.9.4]

Damian and Gretchen are my favourite characters 😂

[@Leo-Galaxy]

Have you checked out Nimona? It's a great movie.

[@nsasupporter7557]

Happy 20th anniversary to this movie… April 30, 2004

[@celestinebuendia]

Watching Mean Girls to watch the musical is actually so real. Don’t know why people even hate the musical film. I feel like every musical fan should LOVE it, and as a theater kid, it’s probably one of my favorite film adaptations of a musical. It did so good preserving the camp of the stage.

[@kenziii5973]

I can't believe you never watched mean girls before

[@TiaraJoseph-kg2mr]

The bus driver is not only traumatized but sued and bus drivers nowadays don't care i wish you could see at school 2024 it is rare to find a nice bus driver

[@peaug]

cady and regina were in love

[@sarahvernall408]

I had a science teacher who would test at the end of every topic and reorganise the seating for the entire class to reflect the marks. Sociopathic shit.

[@MadcapMatt]

Please tell me you have a reaction to Lisa Frankenstein coming up soon. It's exactly your type of movie to react to

[@citpeks2000]

I don't know what I find more implausible: the story about your Calculus teacher, or that you've lived this long without seeing Mean Girls!

[@bensneb360]

This reaction is so fetch lol

[@Pviigex]

please give me that calc teacher.

[@cocoalotl]

you should watch arcane!

[@fictionaldarling]

i have!! it's here: kzbin.info/aero/PL6rP1Ev5V4Jz1s1rgp95kvDl7-YxHkULK 😊

[@cocoalotl]

@@fictionaldarlingoh alright! thank you :)

[@stephaniecabrera-o8l]

Mean Girls 2

[@ultima1594]

Off topic but since you mentioned it what did you think of Are You There God It’s me Margaret because personally I loved it Also, Aaron literally knew Cady liked him and then proceeded to date her best friend, so maybe he’s not that great

[@mxhsvn_b7866]

personally I enjoyed the musical idk why everyone hates it. It's a fun movie

[@ReneGando96]

Amo que Regina pensara que era lesbiana por ser Libanesa XD

[@elindayana8174]

PLEASE REACT TO "SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON"! It's a story about a strong, beautiful horse with a spirit that can never be broken. I cry every time I watch it! It's a INCREDIBLE film, and the songs are so cool! But it's not a musical and the animals can't talk. 😭💔🔥

[@mike90317]

Grool!

[@hobiscustea9600]

Did someone say Michael Sheen...

[@chrismorpher7439]

I seen the musical version. I thought it was decent. Renee Rapp ate it up as Regina George 😮.

[@ElisaH_DarklyiShine]

Im working right now but you arent watching this for the first time are you ?😮

[@MarvinMartinez2001]

Here’s hoping The Marvels reaction comes out that movie did not deserve all the hate! ⚡️

[@toddsmitts]

As musicals go, I suggest Hairspray instead.