Mean Girls looks and feels like a 2000s comedy with one exception: it is more than that. It is the definition of an era, a portrait of the teenage ideology, a characteristic classic that can do no wrong. Before this week, I had never seen Mean Girls. I had heard of it but up until now, I had no idea what it was even about (apart from girls presumably being mean). I knew that it starred Lindsay Lohan as the innocently inept protagonist, I knew that it is a coming-of-age comedy, and I knew that it was released in 2004. What I didn’t know is that Lohan is supported by a surprisingly strong cast in Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried, and Amy Poehler; I didn’t know that it was based on a book, that the screenplay was written by the comedically intuitive Tina Fey and produced by SNL’s Lorne Michaels; I didn’t know that it was more than the habitual stab at teen comedy, another thoughtless rendition of the same composition; I didn’t know why it is so beloved. Now I do. Just like any other teen drama, Cady Heron (played by a young Lohan and pronounced like Katey) is quirky, quiet, and a social outcast. Although this may sound familiar, Cady isn’t just any normal stereotype but an exciting...