Humor In The Film She's The Man

In the She’s The Man (2006), Viola Hastings (Amanda Bynes) cross dresses for the majority of the film, pretending to be her twin brother Sebastian. She does this in order to play for Illyria’s men’s soccer team as her school, Cornwall, cut the women’s soccer team and wouldn’t allow her to play for the men’s team. Her main motivation is to beat her former schools team and prove to them that even though she is a girl, she can play on the same field as the boys. While pretending to be Sebastian, Viola initially struggles to hide her femininity, such as when it is discovered that she has tampons in her bag. As the movie progresses her ability to hide this femininity and express masculinity becomes easier. Her cross dressing has an effect on everything and everyone around her and it pushes the line on the comfort people feel when stereotypical gender norms are challenged/ She becomes interested in her roommate, Duke (Channing Tatum) and throughout the movie the two become closer on an intimate level even though Viola is still masked as Sebastian. Duke is obviously uncomfortable with this as made evident by the end of the movie, when it is revealed that Viola was pretending to be Sebastian the entire time. His look of relief reinforces this idea of stereotypical, heterosexual gender roles, as now that Viola is revealed as a female, it is socially acceptable to be attracted to her. She’s The Man reinforces the stereotypical gender roles that society expects out of

Overall I found the movie to be quite interesting and exciting at times but a bit slow in others. The story itself was very clear to me and didn’t cause any confusion. It had a good flow also, just as you were on the verge of falling into boredom with a scene they switched it up on you to keep you

Violet is a pretty, popular, soccer player with an equally popular soccer player boyfriend. However, Violet 's world comes crashing down when the women 's soccer team is cut from her high school due to lack of funds. Violet in turn decided to impersonate her twin brother Sebastian at her rival school so that she can tryout for the male soccer team and show her now ex-boyfriend that girls can play just as well as boys. At her new high school she falls in love with her brother 's roommate. The problem is, he thinks she 's a boy. Violet is not your typical movie heroine, in the beginning of the movie she seemingly has everything a girl could want, however her passion for soccer drives her to step outside the norm and prove herself. Although the main character in this movie contradicts Denby 's view of teen movies, there are many other characters in the movie who fall directly in line with Denby 's theory. For example, Sebastian 's girlfriend Monique is a typical cheerleader type character. She has no regard for anyone 's life but her own. Also, Violet 's divorced parents are completely unaware that their son Sebastian is in London playing with a band, and their daughter Violet is impersonating him in order to play soccer.

Nonetheless, I’d recommend this book to not just people who are interested in romance but also to those who enjoy reading realistic fiction. The general tone of this book is light and comical so I thought that it was pretty amusing to read. And regardless of the possibility that the book may appear to be cheesy, the plot is to some degree relatable and the characters feel truly genuine. I personally can’t wait to see the movie as it’s reported to be currently

movie varies greatly from the original play. The frivolous tone of this adaptation fails to epitomize the historical setting, depth of characters, and poetic magnificence of this comedic play. In She’s The Man the plot revolves around Viola, and her struggle to be recognized as a professional soccer player. When the girls’ team at her school is cancelled, she decides to disguise herself as her twin brother Sebastian (who coincidentally leaves for London to pursue his passion in music) in order to join the boys’ soccer team at his boarding school. However she is instantly captivated by her new roommate Duke Orsino, and he asks her to divulge his fervent and vehement love for their classmate Olivia. The movie essentially modernizes the play in order to remove the boring stigma associated with Shakespeare’s plays but with some futile additions that distort or are gross misrepresentations of the original play.

Some critics may say that the untidiness of scenes affects the comical nature of the film but, I think a

In this film, She’s the Man Olivia Hastings revolves around gender portrayal and her objection to join a men’s soccer team. She’s the Man demonstrates gender representation of femininity and masculinity through a number of characters. Olivia gets rejected and unable to join the men’s soccer team which shows how empowering it can be to be a female. Oliva’s brother Sebastian Hastings goes to London as his band got a spot to perform at a music festival for 2 weeks, so Olivia disguises to be Sebastian to be able to join the male soccer team. Both power and gender are big roles in the film as Viola continuously switches from being female to male and shows how much power both genders get.

Fickman’s use of camera angles, body language and appropriate wording, has conveyed to the audience a strong theme that is seen throughout She’s the Man. The scene best known as ‘End of Relationship’ is the first scene in which we see a prominent part of the movie being established as gender discrimination. Viola and her soccer team just find out that their team has been cut, and so the disgruntled group of teenage girls approach the boy’s team coach. Even though the girls are upset and angry they have an open body language representing they want to talk and discuss changes, where else the coaches posture, straight back, looking forward and arms crossed over chest, represents his so called dominance and the unwanted communication with anyone. When the girls approach him, he still does not shift his posture and continues

Viola is the main character in both works, who disguises herself as a male to fit into an area where men typically dominate. Duke Orsino is the main romantic interest to Viola in Twelfth Night and She’s the Man; a man who is hopelessly in love with Lady Olivia, who pays no attention to him because she is infatuated with Viola’s male identity. Next to the characters, the plot in both works are nearly identical: the female lead, Viola, wishes to conquer gender inequalities and pretends to be a male, only to gain the affections of a fairly popular woman, Olivia. Meanwhile, Viola harbors feelings for the male lead, Orsino, who desires the heart of Olivia. Both stories end with Viola and Sebastian ending up in the same place with the rest of the characters, bring a disturbing but satisfying conclusion to all the disorder. This confusing love triangle is what fuels the film and its Shakespearean source, and runs as the theme in both stories. With a female protagonist interested in a male lead, who in turn is interested in a female side character that is interested in the gender-bent identity of the protagonist, only confusion and chaos is to ensue. It is this confusion that spreads through all of the characters outside of Viola, Orsino, and Olivia, and propels the actions of many characters in both Twelfth Night and She’s the

The film has a clever dialogue which resonated with young movie lover that found it to be exciting and

Nevertheless, the rendition broadens audiences of my work to “movie people” who do not enjoy reading. Though, reading the play adds a new level to the movie experience by creating an interesting way to watch the characters come to life. In fact, character trait synthesization and division, specifically of Malvolio, adds a new level of comedy as well as the modern-day edits and twists like the soccer and debutante elements. The details that Fickman included caused me to laugh out loud. I particularly enjoyed the Stratford Junior League (Stratford is my hometown), Cesario’s Pizza, Illyria prep school, and Duke’s friends, Andrew Aguecheek and Toby Belch. “She’s the Man” most definitely has differences from 12th Night, but its lightheartedness, attention to details, and character similarities make the film an enjoyable

The concept of gender is evolutionary and difficult to define, though it can be argued that traditionally females have been predominantly defined by their desirability, and males by their masculinity. The way a director presents gender in film can either inspire social change and conversation, or alternatively it can further reproduce social norms. In the case of the film’s discussed in this essay, it is clear that Baz Luhrmann captivates a younger audience and intentionally uses actor selection and the presentation of gender to transform a well-worn Shakespearean story into something new and evolved to inspire a younger audience. On the other

The film is sublime. It’s funny and insightful as it creates very different worlds for its two characters, and yet it doesn’t shy away from the harsher aspects of the lives of Mary and Max.

She does this to ensure herself employment and to protect herself due to the fact that she is in a new place all by herself. Once she achieves this and gets herself a job and ensures her safety, the story starts to unfold. During this many funny scene can be seen regarding the trick that viola plays on the rest of the characters. Another hilarious scene rom the story is when Maria, sir toby and another character decide to play a dangerous trick on a character named malvolio. This can be found in act 2 scene 5 of the tale and shows just how funny trickery could be. The scene begins with Maria toby and Andrew hiding, with the letter had been already placed for malvolio to find. Cheerful malvolio walk down impressed with his own shadow and caring on about the affections he thinks that have been expressed to him by Olivia once he stumbles upon a letter. Though this is not the case and the three mischievous characters find great joy in watching malvolio act like a fool. All of these examples of past stories with the same comedic values that we as a society find enjoyable today show that we inherited the stigmas of our comedy from the our past. A prime example that proves the twelfth night specifically had an impact on today’s comedy would be the movie she’s the man. In the film Amanda bines the protagonist has to deal with sexism in a rough way by not being allowed to join and play I n the boys soccer team. She finds herself with the perfect opportunity when her twin brother leaves off to London to follow hos dream of music and leads his mother to believe that he is going to college. Quick to act viola asks her friend to fully transform her into a more masculine figure to fool the college and the students attending there In thinking she is in fact a man. In doing so she then allowed to play soccer again and finds herself in many hilarious situations

The instances of mistaken identity are related to many disguises in the play. Viola, who puts on male attire, begins to have everyone believe that she is a man. By