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Janis Ian is the deuteragonist in Mean Girls. She is portrayed by Lizzy Caplan. In the Broadway musical (Mean Girls) she is portrayed by Barrett Wilbert Weed, and her last name was changed to Sarkisian.
Jan 9, 2024 · Summary. Janis in the new Mean Girls is an out-and-proud lesbian, reclaiming the term "lesbian" from being used as a slur in the 2004 version. Auli'l Cravalho had agency over her character, instrumental in creating Janis' aesthetic and drawing on her own personal style for the role.
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Jan 15, 2024 · Janis 'Imi'ike is someone entirely new: expressive, disruptive, and explicitly queer. “I avoided rewatching the '04 film because I was afraid of doing an exact line reading. What I knew...
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Apr 30, 2019 · Named after a lesbian folk singer (again, Fey loves a stereotype) and jaded by the social trivialities of high school, Janis somehow represents the perfected high school experience: being brave...
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Janis isn’t afraid to tell it like it is with choice profanity and call people out. Although she’s the queen of killer comebacks and one-liners, she is honest about her feelings and cares deeply about her friends. Nevertheless, Janis can come off as cold and can hold a grudge for years.
Dec 17, 2023 · "Mean Girls" was released in 2004, meaning that it's basically been twenty years since we were first introduced to Janis Ian. Though she's had many other roles in the meantime, Janis continues to define Caplan's career in some ways, and she's not mad about it.
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Janis Ian, also referred to as Janis Sarkisian or Janis ʻImiʻike in the musical versions, is a character from the Mean Girls franchise. She is portrayed by Lizzy Caplan in the original 2004 film , Barrett Wilbert Weed in its Broadway musical version and by Auliʻi Cravalho in the musical film .
