10 Things I Love About Comedy

In the 1999 film Ten Things I Hate About You, you meet several comedic and powerful characters in the melting pot that is Padua High. Typical to most Romantic Comedies, this film is centered around a high school love story. At first the characters hate each other only to fall for each other in the end. Aside from the climax ,*SPOILER* when Kat Stratford (our main character) finds out Patrick Verona (her love interest) lied, the film is jam-packed with humor. To make it better each character has his or her own varied form of comedy. When it comes to Kat Stratford she is very sarcastic and blunt with her humor, compared to Michael Eckman who is just a crazy high school goofball. To put this film against Aristotle's idea of what a comedy is, I say this film is 10/10 a comedy.

Aristotle believed that in order for any form of content to be a comedy it must add more depth to our understanding of the world. 10 Things I Hate About You is centered around a high school senior girl who, in the most basic terms, feels no need for any men in her life. She is a feminist, very intelligent, hardheaded, woman who quite frankly scares just about all men away. When Joey Donner offers Patrick Verona a bet to become Kat's prom date ( so Joey can take Kat's sister) this is when things get more interesting. At first it was about the money but of course as soon as Patrick and Kat spend more time together they fall for each other. This shows the audience that people can change us for the better and that the judgements people have on us may be incorrect. As the film progresses, of course Kat finds out that Patrick lied but learns to forgive him because his actions of love stuck with her.  The viewers really get a chance to learn and grow with Ka t Stratford throughout the film, which only adds more emotion and realism to this work of dramatic comedy. So if you are looking for a good movie to make you laugh and teach you some new ways of life, I would highly recommend 10 Things I Hate About You!