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Its funny. I think if you took away the context of it being an old Shakespeare play, most people would find The Taming of the Shrew (which 10 Things I Hate Abou
by Chathamization 8y ago
Its funny. I think if you took away the context of it being an old Shakespeare play, most people would find The Taming of the Shrew (which 10 Things I Hate About You is very loosely based on) fairly abhorrent.
- toomanybeersies 8y agoThat's common with a lot of Shakespeare. A lot of his plotlines and humour are marginal at best. If Shakespeare was alive and writing these plays today, he would be pilloried. The Merchant of Venice is blatantly anti-Semetic. The Comedy of Errors has a whole scene that's just fat shaming for no good reason. There's plenty of other examples of things that would be problematic if written in a modern context. Obviously it wasn't problematic several hundred years ago, and we shouldn't judge Shakespeare by modern standards.
- jl2718 8y agoI heard he was a trump supporter. Boycott.
- whatshisface 8y ago>The Comedy of Errors has a whole scene that's just fat shaming for no good reason. I really don't think fat jokes are considered off-limits for present-day comedies.