She's the Man

This is not a new movie by any means, but I will include many movies on here that I like (or am recommended) not just new ones. She's the Man is appropriate because I just watched it the other day on HBO and they're gonna give it again tomorrow (Friday) at 1015am! So, if anyone has HBO they can catch it there, or if you're familiar with finding movies online, then yeah. I have links if anyone wants, but you have to contact me. I'm available at feministmovieblog@gmail.com

Now, to the movie. This is definitely a movie to watch if you are in the mood for a light-hearted comedy, extremely bored, or easily amused. Either way, it's funny, but I know how critical people are. Basically, Amanda Bynes plays a girl named Viola, who plays soccer at her school. Unfortunately, her team is cut; she has a fight with her boyfriend and she decides to crossdress as her brother so she can continue to play soccer. She falls for her roommate, played by Channing Tatum, while he has a thing for Olivia, played by Laura Ramsey. It gets tricky because Olivia has a thing for Sebastian, who is actually Viola in drag.

It's a crazy, twisty turney movie on gender and its role in our lives. None of us really realizes what it's like to be a person of the opposite sex until we've tried it. Amanda Bynes shows that in quite a hilarious manner. It really is comedic and the movie reminds me of my own friends. It was comedic, cheesy and a full of mishaps. Like in every high school movie, all of the people were pretty and didn't really look like high school students, but what can ya do? At least the idea was cool, especially since the movie is based on Shakespeare's The Twelfth Night.

In no way does this movie deal as deeply with the gender issues underlying Shakespeare's work, but it does at least deal with the way women and girls are still treated unfairly in sports, despite the passing of Title IX in the United States. Women are still looked down upon in sports and it is really unfortunate, especially now that we're in the year 2008. Not to mention that women still earn only 75-77 cents for every dollar that a man earns. So, this movie is good, if only because of the comedy and kick ass-ness of a girl being shown playing soccer just as good as the guys!

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