One of my favorite film adaptations is the movie “She’s the Man”, which is based off Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. The adaptation is set at a boarding school in modern times instead of the 16th century, and keeps many of the same characters and basic plotline ideas. I admittedly haven’t read the play, but based on a synopsis, the movie characters keep the same names, purposes, and attractions to the same characters as in the play. Both the movie and play seem to raise issues about the complications of love, as well as the consequences and confusion that can arise from dishonesty in such situations, while portraying it all with hilarious scenes. The movies’ similar message can lead us to believe (at least concerning these particular texts) that some aspects of human nature and comedy don’t change all that much, despite the changing surroundings, scenarios, and dialogue used to set the scene.
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