Sorry, you can already tell the new Mean Girls musical film is a big fat flop

The trailer for the new Mean Girls musical film was released yesterday and Twitter has some serious qualms about the remake. As the timeline should. Because, this trailer essentially consists of jokes we already know the punchlines to, not a sniff of the new musical soundtrack, and some seriously questionable casting, which has made one thing clear to almost everyone on the internet: This Mean Girls musical remake has flopped hard before it’s even premiered.

this isn’t mean girls it’s shein girls https://t.co/iJaMjVsTss

— ໊ (@buffys) November 8, 2023

So, in case you’re also sat scrolling and wondering what ever happened to being truly fetch, let’s break down the intense reaction to the new Mean Girls musical film and try to figure out exactly where Tina Fey seems to have gone miraculously wrong. Because, Regina, Cady, Karen and Gretchen definitely deserve better than this:

1. Not including the music in the trailer for the Mean Girls musical

Make it make sense.

"Lemon, by now you've seen the Mean Girls musical trailer."
"Musical? They didn't sing once."
"No one actually likes musicals, it's called Wonkaing. You advertise all the non-musical parts of the musical."
"Wonka is a musical?"
"Don't let that get out, we can't have a panic." pic.twitter.com/8R30iwlt9e

— Ben Crew (@BenjaminCrew1) November 8, 2023

2. Making us all feel 8,000 years old whilst simultaneously childless and sad with their marketing tag line

I’ll just hop in my grave now.

Me after reading the sentence “This isn’t your Mother’s Mean Girls” pic.twitter.com/GQTmRtpmrC

— jon (@prasejeebus) November 8, 2023

3. The casting of Aaron Samuels

Incomprehensible.

we used to be a proper country https://t.co/IGyS1PwKxB pic.twitter.com/OQhdgu2xvS

— alex (@alex_abads) November 8, 2023

4. The low budget wardrobe

Is this sponsored by Shein?

Now how does a Mean Girls Walmart commercial look better than the musical they’re putting out??? A budget! A wardrobe stylist! A cast! Everyone looks so good! Rachel McAdams said um chile anyways https://t.co/P7FskII4er

— Meech (@MediumSizeMeech) November 1, 2023

5. Trying to ‘reimagine’ a classic based on a musical that’s already flopped in the first place

Nobody asked for this!

The mean girls musical was bad and this looks worse! Embarrassing for all involved https://t.co/IVrHxrUaSz

— Allie Tallering (@alpaltal) November 8, 2023

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Featured image credit via Paramount