Do we really want Clueless updated to reflect our dark, digital age? Ugh! As if! | Kate Maltby

Clueless is the latest millennial coming-of-age movie to hit the West End as a stage musical.

It follows Mean Girls and The Devil Wears Prada , both of which opened in London last year .

The smartphone shift turns Hollywood ’s teen movies from contemporary social commentary to retro relic.

Musical opened in London just as Adolescence hit our TV screens.

Clueless, the darkly topical story of 13-year-old Jamie lost in online misogyny.

By contrast, Mean Girls: The Musical tried to tell a 2004 story with 2024 technology.

Some darker musicals have begun to explore growing up online.