While their previous coach may have been cowed by Beth’s air of authority, French won’t be so easily swayed. But the introduction of a new cheer coach, Colette French, throws the entire dynamic into chaos. Addy has long been Beth’s best friend and faithful second-in-command. Locking on like a homing missile, Beth has a flair for pinpointing her competitors’ (and allies’) deepest fears - and the savage ambition to go for the jugular.īut while Beth may be our enfant terrible, it is sixteen-year-old cheerleader Addy Hanlon who is our entree into Abbott’s suburban noir. Maybe it’s that girls like Beth, a cheerleading captain and five-foot-one dream-crusher, learn to turn the vibrating fury of their insecurities outward. These not-yet-women who still have curfews and require hall passes - what is it that makes them so goddamned scary? Running through all of these characters is the way they draw upon our dark fascination with the perceived power of teenage girls. Rose McGowan in the equally forgettable Jawbreaker.īeth Cassidy, one of the primary antagonists in Megan Abbott’s Dare Me, could easily be added to this list.
Megan Fox in the muddled Jennifer’s Body.
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