Kaplan, Ilana (March 27, 2019). " '10 Things I Hate About You': When Heath Ledger Was Just Breaking Through". The New York Times. Among one of the most iconic of the film is Kat sitting on a cozy living room chair reading, what else, Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar. Branded as the cliché reading of “faux-depressed” women a.k.a. teen girls, the bold decision to parade this reading material regardless is a testament to how much Kat means it when she says she doesn’t care what people think. All stemming from an incident that occurred during her freshman year of high school that we’re not made aware of until the third act of the movie.

As if my life wasn't bad enough, I now have my own personal stalker. I don't care what he looks like. I want him to go away. It's All About Me: Joey has this attitude. It's this that causes Bianca to realize that Cameron is the better guy and that Joey doesn't really care about her. Shakespeare continues to abound in lines regurgitated from the mouths of the characters, including Michael in his approach to wooing Kat’s best and only friend, Mandella (Susan May Pratt). Mainly because, well, she claims to be “involved” with William already. Thus, Michael quotes to her from Macbeth, “Who could refrain that had a heart and in that heart courage to make love known?” Which Michael chooses to do by going along with this charade and dressing up in Renaissance-era clothing to appease Mandella’s fetish for pretending she’s dating Shakespeare. Hell, Yes!" Moment: Kat squees when she receives mail from Sarah Lawrence and sees that she got accepted.

The Billboard 200". United States. September 9, 1999. Archived from the original on July 30, 2021 . Retrieved February 18, 2018. Eisenbach, Helen (January 2000). "10 Things We Love About Julia Stiles". Manhattan File Magazine. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016 . Retrieved October 28, 2006. This is the only book that I was able to read during my Christmas vacation. Probably because it was really short like I finished it in one sitting.

No matter who they are, no matter how desperate they've become, not a single XY will consider even considering a date with Kat Stratford. Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Cameron James, the new student at Padua High School who is smitten with Bianca and goes to great lengths to win her over

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I know I'm just ranting about this book but tell you what, no matter how screwed up the writing is (again, for me), this is one of my favorites because of the plot and characters itself. Writing wise, I'm giving it a 2 since I was able to bear it! This is actually the first time I didn't like the writing but love the story itself. That's possible right? Find CinemaScore" (Type "Ten Things" in the search box). CinemaScore. Archived from the original on January 2, 2018 . Retrieved March 28, 2021.

Accidental Misnaming: In the scene after the doctored flyers for Bogey's party are distributed, Joey calls him Bogey Lowenbrau while talking to Bianca. While Kat isn’t wrong, Mr. Morgan sees fit to put her in her place by replying to that comment, “Kat, I want to thank you for your point of view. I know how difficult it must be for you to overcome all those years of upper middle-class suburban oppression. Must be tough.” Here, it is worth noting that 10 Things I Hate About Youwas way ahead of its time on being meta about calling out white feminism and its problematic nature with regard to making space for others—particularly in the literary realm. I guess this book is only for big fans of the movie. Like, big big fans. Whose life is the movie. And the movie is their life.What are the two house rules? Number one, no dating 'til you graduate. Number two, no dating 'til you graduate." I Know" (contains an interpretation of " Shout", written by O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, and Rudolph Isley and originally performed by The Isley Brothers) She really believes this. And the reason she does is because she can't conceive that there's any other way to live her life." Bianca wishes to date affluent senior Joey Donner, but Walter, an obstetrician worried about teenage pregnancy, will not allow his daughters to date until they graduate. Frustrated by Bianca's insistence and Kat's rebelliousness, Walter declares that Bianca may date only when Kat does, knowing that Kat's antisocial attitude makes this unlikely.