From Euphoria to Moxie, a new generation of films and shows are tackling thorny issues while bringing diversity and political awareness to the halls of high school
The dramatic fuse of Netflix’s Moxie, out this week, will be familiar to anyone with knowledge of Mean Girls, the seminal 2004 teen
comedy co-starring Moxie’s director, Amy Poehler. Like Regina George (Rachel McAdams) before her, Poehler’s on-screen daughter Vivian (Hadley Robinson) surreptitiously distributes black-and-white xeroxes of anonymously produced, explosive content in the bathroom before school starts.
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