129. 10 Things I Hate About You (with Patrick Perot)

Load Bearing Beams: A Movie Podcast

Friend of the Show Patrick Perot (bass player for Rural Route Nine, official house band of Load Bearing Beams) stops by to preach the gospel of his favorite movie, 10 Things I Hate About You (1999). And he’s right to! It’s a lovely and very funny romantic comedy from back when Hollywood still made those. The chemistry between Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger! The, uh, good efforts given by Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Larisa Oleynik! And best of all: Krumholz, Krumholz, Krumholz.

A real-life high school teacher, Patrick is also here to school us on how accurate a representation this is of high school. What grade would he give Kat (Julia Stiles) for her sonnet? And how many students has he had to stop from singing a song over the football stadium’s loudspeakers?

Also, it’s a night recording, so Laci’s in her cups. That always makes things interesting.

Next week: Road Trip (2000)

Time stamps:

00:05:56 — Our personal histories with 10 Things I Hate About You

00:20:45 — History segment: The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare; development of 10 Things I Hate About You by screenwriters Karen McCullah & Kirsten Smith; director Gil Junger; stars Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger

00:53:17 — In-depth movie discussion

02:06:12 — Final thoughts and star ratings

Sources:

“10 Things I Hate About You: The definitive oral history by the people who made it” by Mireia Mullor | Digital Spy, 2024 - https://bit.ly/479NDsi

“Shakespeare for Feminists: An Oral History of 10 Things I Hate About You” by Carrie Rickey | RogerEbert.com, 2019 - https://bit.ly/3ZxLWmW

Artwork by Laci Roth.

Music by Rural Route Nine. Listen to their album The Joy of Averages on Spotify (https://bit.ly/48WBtUa), Apple Music (https://bit.ly/3Q6kOVC), or YouTube (https://bit.ly/3MbU6tC).

Songs by Rural Route Nine in this episode:

“Winston-Salem” - https://youtu.be/-acMutUf8IM

“Snake Drama” - https://youtu.be/xrzz8_2Mqkg

“The Bible Towers of Bluebonnet” - https://youtu.be/k7wlxTGGEIQ

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