Tag: The Taming of the Shrew
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How ’10 Things I Hate About You’ Gets Its Shakespearean Roots Right & Wrong
The 1999 teen drama 10 Things I Hate About You, directed by Gil Junger, is loosely based on William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. In this romantic comedy, Patrick (Heath Ledger) is paid to date Kat (Julia Stiles) so that other boys from their school can date her younger sister, Bianca (Larisa Oleynik). Just…
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For ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ Director, the Gen-z Horror-Comedy Is a ‘Chekhov Play’ of Tragic Parody
The stage is set: a group of entitled Gen-z-ers are holed up in a remote mansion during a hurricane, left to drink, smoke, and party through a storm. The only problem? One of the pals just might be a serial killer.Directed by lauded Shakespearean actress Halina Reijn, the A24-produced “Bodies Bodies Bodies” premiered at the…