Teenage Film Adaptation Of She's The Man

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She’s The Man, or shall i say “the original love triangle”, is a teenage film adaptation of William shakespeare's Twelfth Night which was written in 1601. The film was a good comedic version of shakespeare’s work, one scene that stands out is when Viola juggles between being herself and Sebastian at the carnival. For example, when she has to change in various places throughout the carnival provides serious comedic relief and shows how hard it really is to be two people. This entire scene reveals the rising action of the story progression and foreshadows the problem with Duke.
The man behind “She’s The Man” is director Andy Fickman. Fickman and his group of executive producers including Tom Rosenburg, Gary Lucchesi, and Marty Ewing, created

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