With the release of Easy A, an adaptation of The Scarlet Letter, Stuart Heritage digs out some further reading for the makers of teen movies
This week's Easy A might look like your standard issue Hollywood teen romcom – full of webcam confessionals, cliquey rich girls and wildly unrealistic house parties full of whooping O-Town wannabes – but it's actually an adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. This means it isn't just a teen movie, but a teen movie based on Important Literature; just like Cruel Intentions (Les Liaisons Dangereuses), Clueless (Emma), and Ten Things I Hate About You (The Taming Of The Shrew). However, several works of literature remain unadapted for this vital demographic. Here's what should be next …
The Twanterbury Twales
(Based on Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales)
During a 45-minute limo ride to new La mall The Cathedral, a group of wealthy young teens (Vanessa Hudgens, Miley Cyrus...
This week's Easy A might look like your standard issue Hollywood teen romcom – full of webcam confessionals, cliquey rich girls and wildly unrealistic house parties full of whooping O-Town wannabes – but it's actually an adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. This means it isn't just a teen movie, but a teen movie based on Important Literature; just like Cruel Intentions (Les Liaisons Dangereuses), Clueless (Emma), and Ten Things I Hate About You (The Taming Of The Shrew). However, several works of literature remain unadapted for this vital demographic. Here's what should be next …
The Twanterbury Twales
(Based on Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales)
During a 45-minute limo ride to new La mall The Cathedral, a group of wealthy young teens (Vanessa Hudgens, Miley Cyrus...
- 10/15/2010
- by Stuart Heritage
- The Guardian - Film News
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