The other night I watched "Easy A" for like the 5th, perhaps 7th time...I can't get enough of it, I watched it in the theatre twice. Nice looking boys (that Penn Badgley...), clever dialogue, complex allusions and soooo, soo, sooooo many literary references.
But, seriously, this movie is making a book I teach, not only relevant, but friggin' cool. For this I am forever grateful.
To get this movie at a deeper level...
Books with which you should be familiarThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
The Sweet Valley books
The Gossip Girl books
The Scarlet Letter
The Bible
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Judy Blume books, especially Are You There God It's Me Margaret, and It's Not the End of the World
Alfred Kinsey
The Outsiders
The Bell Jar
Movie references
Say Anything
16 Candles
The Bucket List
Can't Buy Me Love
Carlito's Way
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Grease
The Scarlet Letter (the old version, and the whorish Demi Moore 'adaptation')
The Breakfast Club
Themes and Symbols that are still relevant...
Hypocrisy
Sense of Self
Feminine Virtue and The Nature of Women
Alienation
Pride
Individual vs. Society
Adultery and Marriage
Angel, Artist and all those other As
And, the soundtrack is brilliant
Change of Seasons Sweet Thing
Pocket Full of Sunshine Natasha Bedingfield
Cupid Shoot Me Remi Nicole
Don't Cha Pussycat Dolls
The Wolf Minature Tigers
Trouble is a Friend Lenka
Symphonies Dan Black
Perfect Picture Carlos Bertonatti
Go On Rooney
15 minutes The Yeah You's
Bad Before Good Day One
When Life Gives Me Lemons I Make Lemonade The Boy Least Likely To
If You Were Here The Cary Brothers
Good Life One Republic
Big Jet Plane Angus and Julia Stone
Transatlanticism Deathcab for Cutie
Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds
Sidenote: This music blog has done a much better job of getting you a list than I could ever dream of doing.
And, who wouldn't want to read this book?! Look at its cool new-fangled cover! |
Clueless Emma
Cruel Intentions Dangerous Liasons
Romeo and Juliet (1996) Romeo and Juliet
She's All That Pygmalion
She's the Man 12th Night
Ten Things I Hate About You The Taming of the Shrew
Troy The Iliad
O Othello
I'm looking forward to that new Beastly movie...who doesn't like a "Beauty and the Beast" remake!
I'm looking forward to that new Beastly movie...who doesn't like a "Beauty and the Beast" remake!
Happy 29th Birthday Christopher Lee Hasty
Happy Birthday, Chris!! :)
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I could watch Easy A every single day.
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omigosh, yes!!! when? we're reading it for lit muse on the 22nd of feb!
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