Ruth? You mean REGINA
Ruth and Regina George from Mean Girls have very similar character traits. Regina George is the leader in her group. She can recruit members and expel them when they don't follow the code of laws the Mean Girls have to follow (wear pink on Wednesday, sweatpants only once a week ETC.) If a girl breaks even one of these rules, they will be expelled because it gives the group a bad image. Ruth is the same way with the group she created. She makes sure people who are in her Guardian club follow the standards she sets. If they don't do everything Ruth wants, she immediately expels them. Both Regina and Ruth expel people in their groups in order to gain and maintain power over girls.
Another aspect of Mean Girls and NLMG is the part where the leader of the groups have a pitfall. Regina ends up gaining weight and wearing sweatpants more than once a week. This is frowned upon by Cady, Karen, and Gretchen. They question Regina about the rules and Regina brushes them off and says the rules don't matter anymore. Cady, Karen, and Gretchen become angry to learn that Regina's rules are complete nonsense. They are now confused about their "sisterhood". This scene of the movie reminds me of the part in NLMG when Ruth and Kathy are playing chess. Kathy was going to beat Ruth with moves that Ruth taught her, but when Ruth sees Kathy is about to win, she tells her that she is wrong. This makes Kathy feel confused and angry because Ruth tried to manipulate Kathy so that she wouldn't lose herself.
Both Regina and Ruth are experts in the art of purposely making their friends feel bad. Regina invites Cady to a Halloween party and tells Cady to dress up. Regina knows Cady has been homeschool and doesn't know the trends of their society. One might say that Regina simply forgot to tell Cady about the norm for dressing risque for Halloween, but the following events show that this is not the case. When Cady arrives at the party, she is dressed as a very scary dead bride while everyone else is in lingerie. Cady immediately feels out of place. She has a couple of drinks and tries to have fun, but then Regina deliberately makes sure Cady sees her kiss Cady's crush. This is a power move from Regina and all Cady can do is silently be mad. From here, Cady's night is ruined and she goes home very sad.
Ruth lies about things very often and embarrasses her friends by doing so. She told Kathy that Tommy wouldn't like her because of all the people she's been with. When Ruth does this, she is marking her territory on Tommy and basically telling Kathy to leave Tommy alone. Kathy is hurt by this because of she was getting close to Tommy.
Another aspect of Mean Girls and NLMG is the part where the leader of the groups have a pitfall. Regina ends up gaining weight and wearing sweatpants more than once a week. This is frowned upon by Cady, Karen, and Gretchen. They question Regina about the rules and Regina brushes them off and says the rules don't matter anymore. Cady, Karen, and Gretchen become angry to learn that Regina's rules are complete nonsense. They are now confused about their "sisterhood". This scene of the movie reminds me of the part in NLMG when Ruth and Kathy are playing chess. Kathy was going to beat Ruth with moves that Ruth taught her, but when Ruth sees Kathy is about to win, she tells her that she is wrong. This makes Kathy feel confused and angry because Ruth tried to manipulate Kathy so that she wouldn't lose herself.
Both Regina and Ruth are experts in the art of purposely making their friends feel bad. Regina invites Cady to a Halloween party and tells Cady to dress up. Regina knows Cady has been homeschool and doesn't know the trends of their society. One might say that Regina simply forgot to tell Cady about the norm for dressing risque for Halloween, but the following events show that this is not the case. When Cady arrives at the party, she is dressed as a very scary dead bride while everyone else is in lingerie. Cady immediately feels out of place. She has a couple of drinks and tries to have fun, but then Regina deliberately makes sure Cady sees her kiss Cady's crush. This is a power move from Regina and all Cady can do is silently be mad. From here, Cady's night is ruined and she goes home very sad.
Ruth lies about things very often and embarrasses her friends by doing so. She told Kathy that Tommy wouldn't like her because of all the people she's been with. When Ruth does this, she is marking her territory on Tommy and basically telling Kathy to leave Tommy alone. Kathy is hurt by this because of she was getting close to Tommy.
Another connection is to how others view (especially the friends of) both Regina and Ruth. Kathy ran into an old friend and when the topic of Ruth came up, the friend basically said that Ruth was awful and couldn't even keep a carer. Similarly, by the end of the movie Gretchen depises Regina even though they were once friends because Regina didn't treat her well.
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