Shakespeare's work lends itself not only to English classes, but to high school movies. Here are the best teen Shakespeare adaptations:
The work of William Shakespeare is often involuntarily thrust upon unsuspecting teenagers, embedding itself into the emotional tapestry of adolescent life. Considering the earnestness of his dramas and the wackiness of his comedies, it’s not surprising that this demographic is exposed to such a distinctive creative voice, welded to the emotional expanse of his worlds. His writing is not just taught to high schoolers, it is also frequently centered on the lives, loves and infatuations of youth.
His plays are about the thin veneer of control which holds together an apocalyptic storm of emotions. It isn’t necessarily true that teenagers move through the world uninhibited , but the divide between how teenagers want to be seen and how teenagers feel is substantial and vulnerable—a single, inflexible layer, brittle with a lack of practice. Shakespeare knew that this truth is buried beneath layers of grown-up ease.
Director Lisa Gottlieb never strays from Terry’s perspective, letting her vantage point fill the screen and anchor the audience. As a result,transcends its more muddled expressions of gender equality to be an outing worthy of the teen canon.is a classic 2000s teen comedy, complete with low-rise jeans, abrasive needledrops and thinly veiled misogyny. The wronged girlfriends of John Tucker unite to shatter his sterling reputation, utilizing Kate’s inexplicable ugly duckling image to ensnare him.
Unfortunately, the film can’t really transcend the broad comedic beats, familiar to consumers of big-budget noughties comedies. The four main actresses feel fundamentally disconnected, with each of their performances locked into a separate film. Their eventual friendship arrives unexpectedly, bound by nothing but their shared time on screen. With this, the internal logic of the film collapses.
Through these boys, Van Sant reanimates the original text, breathing new, romantic life into it. Speaking especially of the teen Shakespeare trend, there has been a divide between what makes a great adaptation and what makes a great film. Great adaptations reset the stakes to fit a new world, taking something hard, dusty and unbreakable and holding it up to dancing light; great films feel more subjective, imbuing the formally excellent adaptation with feeling and life.
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