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电影中的欺凌启示录 　　Mean Girls （2004） 　　Cady has been home-schooled for her first 16 years， so when she enters a public school for the first time， the movie introduces her （and us） to the complicated interactions of adolescent girls. She initially bonds with two social outcasts1）， who devise a plan for Cady to infiltrate2） the Plastics3）， a trio of popular girls led by Regina. 　　After she gains acceptance in the clique4）， Cady begins to subtly undermine5） Regina by trying to make her gain weight and turning the other two Plastics against her―in essence6）， the bullied becomes a bully. As she is more and more successful， Cady loses her sense of self and becomes a new version of the queen bee7）. What started as a joke becomes real as she turns just as mean as Regina. 　　Mean Girls brings shades of gray8） to the typical bully/victim paradigm9）. Everyone here is a player in an endless cycle of bullying and being bullied. When Cady gives in to the pettiness10） and vanity11） of the Plastics， the movie shows how intoxicating12） popularity can be， and how easy it is to switch from victim to bully， and back again. 　　About a Boy （2002） 　　Marcus， an eccentric13） 12-year-old boy has a complicated home life： his mother is depressed and he is eager to please her， adopting her odd style of dress and vegetarianism14）. For this， he is frequently avoided and ridiculed by his classmates. Even the weirdo kids in his school dont want to associate with him. 　　When Marcus meets Will15）， he begins to use Wills apartment as a sanctuary16） from the bullies who chase him after school. Will initially encourages Marcus to appear like the other kids， but when Will buys Marcus new sneakers17） to try to fit in， Marcus classmates promptly steal them. Marcus is unique because he is somewhat defiant18） of his bullies. He knows， as Will suggests， that if he tried to blend19） in more， he might not be such an obvious target. But he is willing to take the abuse and isolation at school because of his overri