Many of his works have been transformed to appear in film adaptations, and many of these adaptations are modernized to fit the current generation of audience members. 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).

Though Rylann Pierce tried to fight the sparks she felt for billionaire heir Kyle Rhodes the night they met, their sizzling chemistry was undeniable.Characters names are linked and I have to say when reading the play for the first time in college I found myself thinking back to the film to understand what was happening! The screenplay, by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, is a modernization of William Shakespeare's comedy The Taming of the Shrew, retold in a late-1990s American high school setting. Cameron James, a new student at Padua High School in the Seattle area, immediately falls in love with beautiful and popular sophomore Bianca Stratford.

The trope comes into play starting at Bogey's party when Bianca realizes Joey is extremely self-absorbed, and that Cameron is the better guy of the two, and eventually results in Bianca snapping at Joey at the prom after she finds out from Chastity that Joey only wanted to get with her because of a bet he made with his friends. The sisters argue, and Kat reveals to Bianca that as a freshman, she succumbed to pressure from Joey and had sex with him.He also does so largely because he's afraid they can't handle themselves, and is actually impressed that Bianca punched out Joey at the prom. The band Save Ferris (singer Monique Powell, guitarist Brian Mashburn, bassist Bill Uechi, trumpeter José Castellaños, trombonist Brian Williams, saxophonist Eric Zamora, and drummer Evan Kilbourne) appears as the band performing at the prom, playing their songs "I Know" and "Can't Stop" as well as covers of The Isley Brothers' " Shout" and Nick Lowe's " Cruel to Be Kind". With the help from Cameron, a guy who is madly in love with her, Bianca finds someone who is willing to go out with Kat.

The latter being well-versed in the art of expressing shame—which is essentially what Kat does in admitting she still likes Patrick despite his backstabbing double-cross. There's the kind of looking that is respectful, almost magical, where you observe something without daring to touch it. I had seen the film before I read "Taming of the Shrew" and only just recently realised there was a book based on 10 Things I hate about you. Things I Hate About You is a movie based on the "Taming of the Shrew" written by William Shakespeare, and is a brilliant modern adaptation. It is the type of book that is great when you are short on time or want a break from some of the heavier books.A recent rewatch of 1996 masterpiece 10 Things I Hate About You revealed its central character – the ‘shrew’ herself, Kat Stratford – to be somewhat of a bookworm. I can guaratee you that once you start reading 10 Things I Hate About You, you won't want to put the book down.