Angourie Rice’s ‘Mean Girls’ vocals are bashed by ‘theater kids’: ‘It’s giving nervous audition’

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posted Monday, a TikToker named Alison compared Rice’s vocal portrayal of Cady Heron to Erika Henningsen, who portrayed the high schooler during the show’s two-year run on Broadway.

Alison’s video, which has garnered nearly 754,000 views since being uploaded, features snippets from the song “Revenge Party” which showcase the difference between Rice, 23, and Henningsen, 31. “This is the reason all theatre kids are appalled,” Alison states in the in-video text while she lip-syncs to both actresses’ versions of the song. “Why would u make a musical if the singing is gonna sound like poorly autotuned doodoo?” she slams in the video’s caption.

The Post reached out to both Rice and Henningsen for comment. Several other users agreed with Alison’s remarks. “WHEN ANGOURIE RICE SAYS SNAKE EAT A COW, IT SOUNDS LIKE AN AI SANG IT,” one user noted unapologetically in the video’s comment section.“I get them wanting to tone it down bc usually movie musicals aren’t as animated as stage musicals but it’s like she was sedated,” a second user said. “It’s giving nervous audition vs show night.

ya know,” a third user stated referring to the two versions.“SHE DOESNT HAVE THE BROADWAY EMOTION AND ITS IRKS ME,” one extremely bothered fan said while a fourth person reiterated the claim that “It sounds like ai.” The film also stars Auli’i Cravalho, Jaquel Spivey, Avantika, Bebe Wood, Christopher Briney, Jenna Fischer, Tim Meadows, Jon Hamm, as well as “Mean Girls” musical alums Ashley Park and Reneé Rapp.Tina Fey, who wrote the screenplay for the original film, also reprised her role as Ms.