Featuring special guest Taylor Zastrow (@teeemotional)!

In Gil Junger’s directorial debut 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU, there’s a little bit more than a ‘90s teen adaptation of Shakespeare. “Don't let anyone, ever, make you feel like you don't deserve what you want,” says Heath Ledger’s Patrick Verona, acknowledging the contractual nature of self-fulfillment: one’s pursuit of happiness, the world’s ability to satisfy it, and the compromises between the two. Of course, it’s also a charming time capsule of the fading 1990s bolstered by stunning performances that sometimes feel underserved by the film’s writing.

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Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: “I Want You to Want Me” by Letters to Cleo from 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (1999).