New adaptation of I mean girls– Or more precisely, adaptation Mean Girls: The Musical—The masses have been divided. There are those who are bothered by the musical nature of the film, those who like the tunes, those who think it pays homage to the 2004 hit film, and those who think it’s too close to the film. But, despite the broader mixed feelings surrounding the film that I found somewhat forgettable, if enjoyable, there is one thing everyone can agree on: Rene Rapp is bona fide. a star.
Rapp, a 24-year-old singer, songwriter and actress, plays central villain Regina George, a role she reprized after playing George in the Broadway musical. On the surface, Rap’s rise may not seem surprising, Regina George He is It is intended to be a star-making role. But, it must have been a tall order to be asked to embody North Shore High’s HBIC – taking on a famous character, who was originally portrayed by a beloved actress like Rachel McAdams, was sure to invite comparison, not all characters. This type. But Rapp has proven she’s more than capable, even though this is only her second on-screen role (in which she previously starred). Sexual life of college girls). She stands out more than anyone else in the film as a standout, an IT girl, and the subject of much online adoration – but not for the reasons you might think.
If you search for “Reneé Rapp,” instead of finding just the typical headlines about how “Reneé Rapp stuns as Regina George,” you might instead stumble upon — among glossy magazine profiles and praise, of course — fan-made compilation videos on YouTube With headlines like “Renee Rapp makes her PR team question their life choices and I’m here for it” and “Renee Rapp being a pure mess…” It’s clear that what contributed to Rapp’s rise to stardom was how chaotic her press appearances were while promoting I mean girls. There was the time she aired a hate campaign against the owner of a bus tour company called Buddy, the time she complimented Megan Thee Stallion’s butt, the time she publicly claimed she was biased against millennials, and all the other times she was openly sexist or the poster boy for being a hater , or both.
One would think that Raab’s penchant for crude banter and tough opinions would annoy people and alienate her from the public. Take Selena Gomez, whose recent string of messy public missteps has put her in the hot seat with fans and other online observers, or Rachel Ziegler, whose rude comments about Snow White ignited a whole host of hate. But, on the contrary, Rapp’s special brand of anarchic and unapologetic humor has struck a chord with audiences, winning over large numbers of people who may have never heard of Rapp before. I mean girls. What sets the likes of Gomez and Rapp apart, at least in terms of image and public perception, is that the latter has struck the perfect balance between chaos and cohesion. It’s not unlike Jennifer Lawrence’s signature old style — when she was hailed as the Queen of Networking — but with a touch of chaos reminiscent of pop star Rihanna’s infamous social media shenanigans in the early 2010s.
Rab comes across as fun, charming and… Hazar. She’s the person you’d want to be friends with, the one who’ll make you laugh one moment and squirm dramatically the next. It’s a far cry from the kind of carefully curated, overly controlled image maintenance that has increasingly defined the PR playbook for celebrities. At the end of the day, onlookers love the chaos, and are eager for celebrities to deal with it publicly, as evidenced by the viral tweets and TikToks praising Raab, saying: “This is exactly what I would do if I were famous“, “More celebrities need to be like her and start talking their bullshit,” and “Praying she never comes close to PR training.”
Raab is unaware of her reputation as glamorously unfiltered. Earlier this week, she posted a photo-op of Zoomer on her Instagram, paired with the sarcastic caption “Her lack of media training is outrageous.” (Her latest crime? Celebrating the announcement that she’ll be performing at Coachella this year with a tweet about drug use.) And the multi-hyphenate is proof that, in the right hands, anarchy and anarchy can become a powerful and strategic tool for fame-mongering. But it’s a fine tightrope: As we’ve seen time and time again, all it takes is one wrong move — or a series of out-of-touch comments — for a star to fall from grace in fickle eyes. general. Let’s hope Rapp knows how to play it right.