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Home»News»Entertainment News»Films & TV News»The ‘Heathers’ Reboot Trailer Has the Internet in an Uproar

The ‘Heathers’ Reboot Trailer Has the Internet in an Uproar

By Sara Roncero-MenendezJanuary 21, 2018

The only place where Heathers and Marthas can get along is in the comment sections of the new trailer for Heathers, the Paramount reboot of the 1989 dark comedy classic. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B85lYenaxE

For those who’ve never seen the film or the musical, Heathers is about Veronica Sawyer, a popular girl who runs with a trio of girls named Heather, with Heather Chandler as the queen bee. However, Veronica falls for JD, a gloomy outsider who has a violent streak. After a blow-up at a party, Veronica and JD go to prank the queen bee…until it turns out JD actually poisons her, and the queen bee drops dead. They stage it to look like a suicide, but JD isn’t done, and Veronica is caught in a web of lies she can’t untangle. 

The original story is a biting satire on the nature of teenaged cruelty, suburbia, and extremes of social structure. This new retelling, however, seems to be a little confused. Instead of showing how abusive those at the top are to the marginalized, it places the marginalized (in this case, a fat girl, an Asian girl, and a genderfluid/genderqueer person) as the villains/bullies and has the pretty blonde girl be our hero. The idea is that this is a new world, where cool and popular are not based on superficial labels but on confidence and personality. People, however, have not been taking to that message.

https://twitter.com/thecherness/status/954469514984480769

https://twitter.com/Twoflower/status/954166298291916805

https://twitter.com/xochipiIli/status/953432566467502083

the heathers reboot ignores that in the original the heathers power & cruelty hinges on privilege & instead shows marginalized ppl as evil bad guys! yikes!

— jillian 🪽🏰🧸🌠 (@rubyfire77) January 20, 2018

https://twitter.com/loquaciouslemon/status/954237748910505984

https://twitter.com/ButUCanCallMeZ/status/952971335814320128

Uhhh whom asked for this Forever 21 ass HEATHERS remake

— Abbey Bender (@Abbey_Bender) January 19, 2018

Either Paramount wants to make the idea that anyone can be a Heather, or to try and diversify the cast by placing marginalized people in the seats of “power.” What it overlooks is, however, is that those same popular kids are the ones meant to be killed and victimized. It also places them in a place to be vilified, to be mocked and hated, which misses the point of the revolution that comes when those in power falls. High school, in the Heathers, is meant to be an allegory for the world at large. We’ll have to see exactly how this show plays out, and what other surprises it has in store.

Heathers premieres on Paramount on March 7, 2018.

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Sara Roncero-Menendez
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A reporter by trade, Sara is a lover of horror, sci-fi, and all things pop culture. From indies to classics to even the strangest schlock, all movies and TV shows are fair game. She believes Batman is the most fascinating superhero, and that Silent Hill is one of the best horror franchises ever made (as long as you don't count the movies). Fun Fact: The only movie Sara will not rewatch is The Room -- once was more than enough.

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