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The earnestness. In a world of detached sarcasm, this movie dares to be sincere. It dares to say that a high school relationship can feel like the end of the world. That is not cringe; that is courageous.

Released on March 31, 1999, is a landmark teen romantic comedy that modernized William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew . Set in a late-90s American high school, the film follows Cameron James (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) as he attempts to date the popular Bianca Stratford (Larisa Oleynik). Standing in his way is Bianca's protective father, who stipulates she can only date if her abrasive, fiercely independent older sister, Kat (Julia Stiles), does too. This leads to a scheme involving high school "bad boy" Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger), who is paid to woo Kat, eventually leading to genuine romance. A Modern Shakespearean Retelling

(a nod to the Italian city of Padua from the play). It centers on the Stratford sisters 10 Ten Things I Hate About You

You don’t hate the source material. You go back and read The Taming of the Shrew with new eyes. The film teaches us that love is a transaction, a negotiation, and ultimately, a surrender—whether you are in Padua or Seattle.

This movie teaches us that the things we claim to hate—the cheesy soundtracks, the public serenades, the poetic English assignments—are actually the things that make life worth living. It is a perfect storm of casting (Stiles, Ledger, Gordon-Levitt), writing (Karen McCullah & Kirsten Smith), and era (the dying breath of the analog 90s). The earnestness

Before the term "internalized misogyny" was common dinner table conversation, we had Kat Stratford. On the surface, she is the archetype: angry, feminist, reads Sylvia Plath, and hates prom. But the second thing on our list is how the film subverts that trope.

Unlike many teen movies where sisters are rivals, Bianca (Larisa Oleynik) and Kat have a complicated but loving relationship. Bianca starts as a shallow social climber, but by the end, she respects Kat’s strength. The movie argues that you can be feminine and a feminist, and that sisters ultimately have each other's backs. That is not cringe; that is courageous

Unlike the original play's controversial focus on female subjugation, the movie reimagines Kat as a feminist icon whose "shrewishness" is actually a defense mechanism for her independence. Behind the Scenes and Production