'Mean Girls Musical' Accused Of 'Bullying' By Millennials For Its New Tagline: 'I've Been Assaulted'

Paramount Pictures released the official trailer for the upcoming movie adaptation of the Broadway musical based on the 2004 film "Mean Girls" on Wednesday, and it has since gained over 3 million views on YouTube.

However, its tagline, "This isn't your mother's mean girls," did not sit well with some millennials since they felt they were accused of being "old."

"'This isn't your mother's mean girls.' Shut up, why are you calling me old?" tweeted one user on X.

"I cannot tell you how triggered I am by the 'this isn't your mother's mean girls.' YOUR MOTHER???? YOUR MOTHER???!!!!" tweeted another.

"This isn't YOUR MOTHER'S mean girls? I have been assaulted," commented a different user, while a fourth X user said, "I do not even have kids. They are trippin'."

"I'm 35. 'Your mother' hit me in a place I didn't even know could hurt. I don't even have children," wrote another.

"'Not your mother's Mean Girls,' are you b--es DIZZY? We are not even 40 yet," tweeted another, while a seventh one said, "[This] looks a lot like they're ruining one of my favorite movies of all time. Why do we need this remake? And also, 'this is not your mother's mean girls' ??? FOUL."

"No, for real, that was so rude. I was downright offended," stated another. A ninth user quipped, "I feel personally victimized. "

"I'm going to pretend they didn't say that and watch the movie anyway," said one fan.

Millennials, also referred to as Generation Y or echo boomers, are people born between the 1980s and the mid-1990s.

The current age range of millennials as of 2023 is 27 to 42, per Beresford Research.

While that one phrase in the trailer drew negative reactions, many still shared their excitement for the upcoming musical film online.

"I love 'Mean Girls.' I love musicals. I'm low-key excited for this," tweeted a pop culture commentator on X.

"Am I the only one who thinks this looks so good? Like I don't think it'll be better than the original, but as far as remakes go, this actually looks very promising, and I'm so excited," said another.

The American teen comedy film "Mean Girls" was released in April 2004. It starred actresses Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried, Lacey Chabert, Tim Meadows, Lizzy Caplan, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey.

Meanwhile, "Mean Girls The Musical" was shown on Broadway in 2017. Currently, the "ferociously funny musical" from an award-winning team composed of book writer Tina Fey, composer Jeff Richmond, lyricist Nell Benjamin and director Casey Nicholaw is on tour.

After finishing its tour schedules in North America for 2023, the musical will head to London in the spring of 2024.

New York Magazine said the musical delivers "immense energy, a wicked sense of humor and joyful inside-jokery."