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PermalinkFriday, April 9, 1999
Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles square off in 10 Things I Hate About You, a riff on the Bard's Taming of the Shrew.
Just last month, Shakespeare in Love took home an armful of Oscars and proved once again the enduring popularity of the Bard. This month, Shakespeare provides the inspiration for the teen comedy 10 Things I Hate About You (opening April 9).
Once again William Shakespeare is the hottest writer in Hollywood. Not bad for a guy whos been dead more than 400 years and who thought his plays were so unworthy of posterity that he never bothered to publish a single one in his lifetime. But Shakespeare possessed what Hollywood would call pop appeal and commercial savvy. He wrote of and for his times and had to please a wide cross section of society. And his rare genius lay in his ability to please the crowds without sacrificing his artistic ambitions.
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