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... By looking at two more recent films based on Shakespeare’s work, these movies being, 10 Thing I Hate About You and Much Ado About Nothing, it can be seen that Shakespeare is dumbed down sometimes to reach a particular audience.
The film, 10 things I hate about you can be seen as another update of Shakespeare for the MTV generation. ... 10 Things I Hate About You attempts to dress up Shakespeare in hip garb. Taking its inspiration from The Taming of the Shrew, 10 Things I Hate about You, also throws in some slightly more contemporary ingredients, 1980s New Wave hits, 1990s sexual frankness, etc. ... William Shakespeare’s works have been updated to death, of course, but this high school version of The Taming Of The Shrew is fresh and light, and contains some nice work by several young actors. ... When making 10 Things I Hate About You it could be argued that William Shakespeare was dumded down to make a film that would have popular appeal to an American and Americanised international youth market. 10 Things I Hate About You shows how Shakespeare is attempted to be made and bought into the mainstream and popular cinema. ...
In making sure the movie is a success the film makers aim for the popular market, the teen market, in the case of 10 Things I Hate About You, by carefully interweaving ideas from other films, a hip music score and casting the lead roles with fresh up and coming young actors.10 things I hate about you is about pretty and popular Bianca (Larissa Oleynik), who has never had a date; and Kat (Julia Stiles), her older sibling, an ill-tempered harridan whose acerbic wit is matched only by her steadfast determination to alienate any guy who might be remotely interested in her.
Approximate Word count = 1429
Approximate Pages = 5.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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