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Allie Yanello
Mr. Newman
English 101: Rhetoric
14 October, 2014
On Wednesdays We Wear Pink
Known for being a talented producer, and film maker, director Mark Waters created a
show stopping american teen comedy, Mean Girls. This knockout of a movie displays a sense of
high school drama combined with adult humor. It starts when 16 year old, Cady Heron, moves
from Africa after her parents finish a 12 year research trip. She gets thrown into high school after
being homeschooled her entire life. Outcasts Janis and Damian warn Cady to avoid the school's
most exclusive clique, the Plastics. Shortly after, Cady started becoming one of The Plastics, so
Janis creates a plan of revenge against Regina, head plastic, using Cady as the infiltrator. After
getting involved with the plastics and betraying all of her friends and family,Cady begins to take
down the plastics. The amount of drama created is enough to break up the plastics. This leads to
peace amongst all of her peers for the first time in a long time. Mark Walters’ movie sparked
controversy through critic’s eyes. Although Ann Hornday and Moria Macdonald have
contrasting views on the movie Mean Girls due to their differences in the ways characters are
introduced and their different ways of connecting with the readers, both critics believe this movie
will appeal to multiple age groups.
Even though authors Ann Hornday and Moria Macdonald both introduce the characters,
they introduce them in tremendously different ways. In Macdonald’s article, “Mean Girls
Follows Catty Cliques who Roam High School Hallways,” Cady is immediately brought into the
article. She begins her article giving a brief description of her appearance and an explanation for

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her reasons to moving and changing her entire life. She then goes in to talk about the plastics and
their strict rules and regulations. Following, she briefly describes each of the plastics and a few
other characters at the end of the article, like the principal. Macdonald strays about from
introducing all the characters like two main characters Janis and Damien. On the other hand,
Hornday introduces her characters throughout her summary of the movie. She gives a solid
description on Cady and Regina but is very vague on the rest of the characters. She ultimately
describes the rest of the characters in the last paragraph just stating that they were involved with
the movie. Although both authors introduce the same characters, Macdonald is much more
detailed and gives a more specific summary of each character.
Not only do they differ in the way they introduce characters but, both authors have very
different ways of writing when trying to connect with the reader. Moria Macdonald begins her
article with a line from the movie: “The laws of the jungle have nothing on Girl World, that
intricate social structure known and understood only by high-school females.” She leads that
quote in her article to grab the readers attention. She makes her article very casual while still
telling the story. What makes her article so much different than Ann Hornday is that she made
her article a story, rather than a structured plot. Hornday’s article is very factual and serious,
which may appeal to an older more mature crowd. Macdonalds article is more interesting in the
way that she writes her summary by using direct lines from the movie. Both article’s go over the
main concept of the movie and characters but the way they reach out to the readers is very
different.
However, both authors have the same review and thoughts that Mean Girls will appeal to
a big crowd. Hornday’s article almost instantly starts off, “"Mean Girls" will appeal not only to
those adolescents with whom its cliques, catfights and other mortifications of high school will

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painfully -- and amusingly -- resonate. Their parents may want to catch this pitch-perfect satire,
too.” She goes on to say that the movie sparked reactions from a wide range of crowds after
previews of the movie. Macdonald also says that, “Mean Girls is the kind of high-school movie
that really feels as if it's for grown-ups — but hey, the teens can come, too.” Both authors talk as
though the movie is for teens but adds in the adult humor so that it does stretch throughout more
age groups. The reviews are both extremely positive showing their love for the movie.
Mean Girls is one of those movies that appeals and speaks to many. Everyone at some
point in their life goes through drama and heartbreak: making the movie very easy to connect
with. I first say this movie when I was about ten years old and I have watched it more times than
I can even think of. I got the movie for christmas so long ago, but I still love it. It’s one of those
movies I don’t think will ever get old. The amount of reviews out there for this movie are
endless. Two positive reviews were both completely different yet still got the same point across.
Their differences are in the ways characters are introduced and their alternate ways of connecting
with the readers, but both critics believe this movie will appeal to multiple age groups.

Works Cited
Hornaday, Ann. "Comedy That Cliques." Washington Post. The Washington Post, 30
Apr. 2004. Web. 21 Oct. 2014.
Macdonald, Moira. "Mean Girls' Follows Catty Cliques Who Roam High-School
Hallways." Entertainment & the Arts. The Seattle Times, n.d. Web. 21 Oct. 2014.

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