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When Katharina tells Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew (iii.
The genre revived in 1995 with Clueless , which was based on Jane Austen's Emma . Cruel Intentions is the zillionth adaptation of the 18 th century French novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses . She's All That is loosely based on Pretty Woman , which was loosely based on My Fair Lady , which was based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion . Arriving at multiplexes in the next few months will be O , a version of Othello set against a backdrop of high-school sports, and 10 Things I Hate About You , an adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew .
"It's an Hermès tie, you ignorant shrew.
The cover package celebrates the century in entertainment with anecdotes told by stars and their hangers-on: Ira Gershwin's brother-in-law describes how he manufactured ketchup (he said "to-may-toes," but his suppliers said "to-mah-toes"); Little Ricky remembers what it was like to grow up as Lucy and Desi's TV son; Barbra Streisand claims she was never a shrew on the set; a Titanic producer tells how Kate Winslet improvised an enduring moment in cinema--spitting in the face of co-star Billy Zane, etc. ...
The Taming of the Shrew (ii.