Analysis of the Movie “Mean Girls” using
Compliance Gaining Strategies and Nonverbal/Verbal theories
In the movie ”Mean Girls”, many different communication behaviors appear in the movie whether it may be verbally or nonverbally this film portrays many of the interpersonal communications behaviors. This film is a satirical and comical movie portraying a high school with the typical “mean girls” clique and the other cliques for example the jocks, the nerds, the prep and more created in high school. This movie shows the positive and negative of communication. It can be compared to a real life situation when someone is given power and what we choose to do with that power.
The movie “Mean Girls” is about a girl named Cady Heron who was homeschooled …show more content…
In the movie you many different version of Cady and the other girls, how they present themselves to other people and their perceived self. In the movie, there appears to be a lot of face and face work, how they present themselves is one thing but how they really are is another. For example, when Cady first arrives she is so sweet and innocent girl, she presented herself as a smart, pretty and nice girl but when she starts to hang out with the Plastics her attitude changes, her style, and her face work changes. Before she used to be the new girl that didn’t belong or was part of a clique, the first friends she made accepted her into their group because they had not competition or nothing to lose with being friends with her. Once Cady became a Plastic she adopted this different sense of personality, it changed her, the longer she hung out with the Plastics the more she changed and her old friends didn’t recognize her anymore. She had to keep this image to maintain popularity and power as a Plastic. Cady lost who she was because she let popularity and power overcome her and change her, eventually in the end of the movie she realized what she lost and what kind of person she had become and proceed to change back to the person she once was …show more content…
This film is definitely filled with many aspects that conform to communication, although it may be a satirical comedic version of a typical high school it proves to show the positives and the negatives of communication. The film is funny and a revelation of how we shouldn’t let power change who we are and be happy with who we are and the friends we have. Interesting enough to say how many people don’t realize all the things they do when it comes to communication and how important it is in our
Compliance Gaining Strategies and Nonverbal/Verbal theories
In the movie ”Mean Girls”, many different communication behaviors appear in the movie whether it may be verbally or nonverbally this film portrays many of the interpersonal communications behaviors. This film is a satirical and comical movie portraying a high school with the typical “mean girls” clique and the other cliques for example the jocks, the nerds, the prep and more created in high school. This movie shows the positive and negative of communication. It can be compared to a real life situation when someone is given power and what we choose to do with that power.
The movie “Mean Girls” is about a girl named Cady Heron who was homeschooled …show more content…
In the movie you many different version of Cady and the other girls, how they present themselves to other people and their perceived self. In the movie, there appears to be a lot of face and face work, how they present themselves is one thing but how they really are is another. For example, when Cady first arrives she is so sweet and innocent girl, she presented herself as a smart, pretty and nice girl but when she starts to hang out with the Plastics her attitude changes, her style, and her face work changes. Before she used to be the new girl that didn’t belong or was part of a clique, the first friends she made accepted her into their group because they had not competition or nothing to lose with being friends with her. Once Cady became a Plastic she adopted this different sense of personality, it changed her, the longer she hung out with the Plastics the more she changed and her old friends didn’t recognize her anymore. She had to keep this image to maintain popularity and power as a Plastic. Cady lost who she was because she let popularity and power overcome her and change her, eventually in the end of the movie she realized what she lost and what kind of person she had become and proceed to change back to the person she once was …show more content…
This film is definitely filled with many aspects that conform to communication, although it may be a satirical comedic version of a typical high school it proves to show the positives and the negatives of communication. The film is funny and a revelation of how we shouldn’t let power change who we are and be happy with who we are and the friends we have. Interesting enough to say how many people don’t realize all the things they do when it comes to communication and how important it is in our