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 When you think about it, though, dealing with language issues isn’t a completely new concept for Fey, who, as a TV writer, has her work constantly under the scrutiny of network censors. How does she feel writing for one of the country’s most popular comedy shows in these dark times of über-conservatism on the airwaves? The comedienne tries to be fair about the whole thing: “On network TV think we should be able to work within the boundaries of language, you know, I think we should be able to do quality television without swearing, [but] I get a little nervous about it when it becomes more about censorship of ideas.” On the event that sparked the spike in censorship in the first place, Fey is equally even-minded: “You can look at the Superbowl and say, ‘My gosh, what is the overreaction, it’s just a woman’s body...’, and on the other hand you can sort of be like, ‘Come on MTV... you know people watch the Superbowl with their kids.’” She can chide MTV all she likes, but Fey clearly understands youth culture. What gave her the edge in portraying teen girls: the good, the bad, and the bitchy? In addition to reading Rosalind Wiseman's 2003 book, Queen Bees & Wannabes, about cliques and the social structure of teen girls in America (this book actually inspired Fey to write the movie), when Fey decided to pen Mean Girls, she spoke to some real adolescent females, and was surprised to find that, while some things have stayed the same since she herself was in school, nowadays “the sex is just amped up. I think there’s a post-Clinton situation going on where some stuff doesn’t count.” So what was Tina herself like in high school? “If you’ve seen the movie, I’d say I was actually closest to one of the Mathletes,” she explains, “even though I wasn’t a math genius....I was just sort of a really obedient A.P. student.” So, then, was she cool? “Within my own group of friends we thought we were pretty cool. But if you had a larger, bird’s eye view of the school,” she laughs, “we were not, in fact, very cool.” Still, this doesn’t mean she didn’t have her moments of Mean Girl-ness: “I was definitely always kind of in the corner snarking off about anybody I thought was better-looking – which was pretty much everyone.” Hmm...genuine self-deprecation isn’t part of the Mean Girl arsenal. So, if she’s not one of them, what intrigues this Nice Girl so much about her cruel counterparts that she’d make them the subject of a movie? And what makes us, the public, flock in droves to see these evil girls on screen? “All these behaviors,” Fey replies, “not only do I think that they’re kind of funny, but I think they’re very true and they don’t always go away in adult life – they resonate into adult life as well.” ... |
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