One of the points -- indeed, one of the main points -- of the musical numbers selected to be performed by nominated musicals on the Tony Awards broadcast is to help promoted those shows. While I completely understand why the producers of Mean Girls chose the song they did -- since it used a lot of the principals and was a big production number that helped tell the story -- I didn't think it sold the show all. Because, at least to me, it was a very mediocre song. In fact, it sort of lowered my interest in seeing the show. That's a particularly pointed comment to make because a week before, I saw a number from Mean Girls performed on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and it was not only wonderful, but it made me intrigued about seeing a show I didn't have much interest in. Similarly, I can figure out why it wasn't used on the Tony show -- it's a solo number performed by a secondary character. But boy would it have helped sell the show. I am sure on stage it's a showstopper. I tracked down the video online, and while most of the comments were in high praise of the performance, many were critical of the lyrics. But they missed the point -- the lyrics are quite wonderful, being sung by an angry, teenage girl and struck me as perfectly spot-on in character, phrases falling over one another in bursts as she spits out her fury. The score is by Neil Benjamin and composer Jeff Richmond -- husband of Tina Fey who wrote the original movie and also the book to the musical. This is Barrett Wilbert Weed with "I'd Rather Be Me."
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