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October 3, script changes and production details
In the discussion (13)
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- October 3 is discussed as fan-observed Mean Girls Day
- Homeschooled is reported as the original title
- Fey pitched relational aggression and Michaels also wanted aspirational cars and clothes
- The North Shore setting connects wealth with popularity
- Sexual dialogue was softened to reach PG-13
- Tim Meadows’s broken hand was incorporated as carpal tunnel
- Poehler is reported to be only seven years older than McAdams
- Seyfried recalls Chabert welcoming her and listening to Dido together
- An alleged deleted explicit scene is read and doubted as tonally implausible
- A sausage piece reportedly motivated the Chihuahua gag
- The Broadway musical is praised secondhand
- The direct-to-video sequel and Lohan’s later sequel pitches are discussed
- The hosts speculate over whether McAdams or Poehler would be hardest to schedule