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‘10 Things I Hate About You’ With Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, and Andrew Gruttadaro

January 9, 2018 · 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) · Comedy · Drama · Romance · 41:42 · ▶ Listen on Spotify

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Casting What-Ifs

Amanda Dobbins▶ 2:48Heath Ledger — Questions the reliability of IMDb trivia about actors wanting different roles, but agrees this is the iconic Heath Ledger role despite his other famous performances
Andrew Gruttadaro▶ 2:18Josh Hartnett — Josh Hartnett could have done Patrick because he's dark enough, but Ashton Kutcher would have been a problem
Juliet Litman▶ 2:20Josh Hartnett — Could see Josh Hartnett as Patrick, but Ashton Kutcher would have been problematic and made it a different movie. Also notes the role swapping between Julia Stiles and Larissa Oleynik wouldn't have worked

Most Rewatchable Scene

Andrew Gruttadaro▶ 4:16Julia Stiles dancing on the table to hypnotize
Juliet Litman▶ 10:21Kat's '10 Things I Hate About You' poem at the end — the one-take reading with real improvised tears — which she rewatches at her desk (~3:15pm); she also loves the Heath Ledger serenade as a movie grand gesture.

Probably Unanswerable Questions

Amanda Dobbins▶ 4:59The quality of her dance in Save the Last Dance is reflecting the problems and the premise of that film
Amanda Dobbins▶ 34:52Engaged the bars question with possible explanations (a 16-and-over / 18-and-over music club, like the Limelight of her youth) and noted Club Skunk's suspicious cleanliness; her own complaint — the guitar-buys-forgiveness resolution being 'kind of bullshit' — was framed as a nit, not an unanswerable question.
Andrew Gruttadaro▶ 34:34Reinforced the bars oddity with evidence (there's an earlier bar scene of Patrick just drinking beer and playing pool) without posing a question of his own.
Juliet Litman▶ 4:47Why is Julia Stiles such a better dancer in 10 Things I Hate About You than she doesn't Save the Last Dance? Because of tequila.
Juliet Litman▶ 34:11How are these high-school kids getting into bars on weeknights? And how old is Patrick Verona — 'you could tell me he's like 19 or 36'; there are just a lot of bars for a high school movie.

What's Aged the Worst

Amanda Dobbins▶ 17:47Flashing a teacher to get someone out of detention - would be received differently in the current environment
Andrew Gruttadaro▶ 16:00Some of the soundtrack, particularly the Bare Naked Ladies One Week remix and unironic Smash Mouth cue
Juliet Litman▶ 19:17Julia Stiles' outfits, particularly the crop tops that aren't coming back, and some ridiculous soundtrack songs like 'Daz by Brick'

Half-Assed Internet Research

Andrew Gruttadaro▶ 22:41Andrew Keegan didn't know how to draw a penis - had to be taught by David Krumholz and did it inefficiently in four different parts

Dion Waiters Award

Andrew Gruttadaro▶ 31:19Andrew Keegan — Andrew Keegan - 'Both the heat check performance and his apex'
Juliet Litman▶ 28:35Allison Janney — Allison Janney - 'She makes the most of her time' in her brief but memorable performance

Best Quote

Amanda Dobbins▶ 37:41I love my Prada backpack
Andrew Gruttadaro▶ 37:46I know you can be overwhelmed and you can be underwhelmed, but can you ever just be whelmed?
Juliet Litman▶ 37:56the poem

Who Won the Movie

Juliet Litman▶ 38:05Heath Ledger

Movies Referenced (20)

Save the Last Dance (2001)

9 mentions · Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins▶ 4:29IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Center Stage (2000)

8 mentions · Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins▶ 27:27IMDb ↗Lb ↗

She's All That (1999)

3 mentions · Juliet Litman, Andrew Gruttadaro▶ 27:27IMDb ↗Lb ↗

20th Century Women (2016)

2 mentions · Amanda Dobbins▶ 14:59IMDb ↗Lb ↗

500 Days of Summer (2009)

2 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Juliet Litman▶ 29:06IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Can't Hardly Wait (1998)

2 mentions · Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins▶ 16:43IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Joker (2019)

2 mentions · Amanda Dobbins▶ 2:55IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Lady Bird (2017)

2 mentions · Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins▶ 22:14IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Pretty in Pink (1986)

2 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Juliet Litman▶ 30:44IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Bring It On (2000)

1 mentions · Juliet Litman▶ 26:40IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Camp Nowhere (1994)

1 mentions · Andrew Gruttadaro▶ 26:41IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Drive My Car (2021)

1 mentions · ▶ 10:35IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Actors Referenced (24)

Andrew Keegan

26 mentions · Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, Andrew Gruttadaro · Known for 10 Things I Hate About You, Independence Day▶ 0:04IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Heath Ledger

21 mentions · Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, Andrew Gruttadaro · Known for Brokeback Mountain, The Dark Knight, A Knight's Tale▶ 0:52IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Julia Stiles

12 mentions · Juliet Litman, Amanda Dobbins, Andrew Gruttadaro · Known for 10 Things I Hate About You, Save the Last Dance, Silver Linings Playbook▶ 0:52IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Barenaked Ladies

4 mentions · Andrew Gruttadaro, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Flight, 10 Things I Hate About You▶ 16:03IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Bobby Bare

4 mentions · Andrew Gruttadaro, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Grosse Pointe Blank, Cruel Intentions▶ 16:03IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Josh Hartnett

4 mentions · Juliet Litman · Known for Lucky Number Slevin, Black Hawk Down, 30 Days of Night▶ 2:01IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Naked Eyes

4 mentions · Andrew Gruttadaro, Amanda Dobbins▶ 16:03IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Gabrielle Union

3 mentions · Juliet Litman · Known for Bring It On, Bad Boys II▶ 26:11IMDb ↗Lb ↗

3 Little Women

2 mentions · Amanda Dobbins▶ 14:59IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Allison Janney

2 mentions · Juliet Litman, Andrew Gruttadaro · Known for The Help, Juno▶ 18:02IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Ashton Kutcher

2 mentions · Juliet Litman, Andrew Gruttadaro · Known for A Lot Like Love▶ 2:01IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Frankie Valli

2 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for Grease, Free Guy, Bumblebee▶ 7:40IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Writers Referenced (2)

Ernest Hemingway

3 mentions · Andrew Gruttadaro · Known for To Have and Have Not, For Whom the Bell Tolls▶ 13:42IMDb ↗Lb ↗

David Mamet

1 mentions · Juliet Litman · Known for The Spanish Prisoner, House of Games, State and Main▶ 32:56IMDb ↗Lb ↗