After falling victim to a humiliating prank by the high school Queen Bee, best friends and world-class geeks, Mindy and Jodi, decide to get their revenge by uniting the outcasts of the school against her and her circle of friends.

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THE OUTSKIRTS

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I would take out "world-class geeks" because the fact they were already targeted by a "Queen Bee" gives that pictuure.

I'm unclear as to what the goal is. They unite some people ... then what? What am I watching? Am I watching some gruesome horror film about a schoolful of kids torturing the cool kids? Am I watching "Drive Me Crazy", and the bit where they broadcast video of the "in" kids behaving badly so everyone can see how broken they are? What is the goal? What are the stakes of failure?

The premise is another episode in the perennial adolescent class war between the Ins and the Outs. Hence, the working title "Outskirts", I presume. It's antecedents go back to at least "The Revenge of the Nerds" (1984). What's changed is the setting (high school rather than college) and the sex of the principals.

The situation of the Outs has universal appeal. And there are so many familiar social situations, school events to chose from in plotting revenge. So what is the unique hook to this story? What is the specific objective goal, the plan (means) to achieve the desired subjective goal (revenge)?

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