The Popular Girls

Mean girls, a popular comedic film for high school students depicts the life of teenage Cady Heron, who was educated as a child in Africa by her brilliant scientist parents. When her family moves to the United States, Cady finally gets to experience public school. She quickly learns the cruel laws of popularity that divide her school into tight cliques and finds herself wound with a group of girls named "the Plastics" or the popular girls. At first this is exactly what Cady was looking for- to be one on the top- but she soon realizes how shallow her group of friends turns out to be. 

At first the movies uses a sense of irony because Cady joins the plastics to spy on them and get insider information. Eventually she gets caught up in their boy talk, designer clothing, and boy talk and becomes one of them. She becomes exactly what she was dreading to become, on her quest to gain popularity. Then it switches to satirical irony as emotional twists help Cady realize what she herself has turned into which calls for individuality and self respect among teenagers. Satire in this film is used to show that being yourself is important and clearly one should not work to become popular because it the end it will not benefit you. 

This film helps teenagers to realize that popularity is not necessarily a bad thing. It tells them not to work to be a certain part of a group but to be themselves. Although the film falsely portrays popular people it shows that when a person doesn't act like themselves or strives to be something that they are not it doesn't end up well. I think Mean Girls is a great example of an exaggerated version of what not to be and how not to act for others.

The video above shows the exclusiveness of the Plastics and how it is ironic that Cady even wants to become friends with them in the first place.