<P> The film is a retelling of William Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew in an American high school setting . Screenwriters Karen McCullah and Kirsten Smith also wrote the script for She's the Man (2006), a retelling of Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night set in an American college . </P> <P> Kat and Bianca share the same names as the female leads in the original play . Their surname is Stratford, a nod to Shakespeare's birthplace . Patrick's surname Verona references the home of his relative character Petruchio . The characters attend Padua High School, named after where the play is set . </P> <P> Cameron (Lucentio, who disguises himself as a tutor named Cambio) tutors Bianca in French and slips in a line from play while obsessing over her: "I burn, I pine, I perish". Patrick's character reflects the outlandish behavior of Petruchio, and Michael coerces Patrick into the marching band incident with the words from Sonnet 56: "Sweet love, renew thy force". The physicality of Petruchio and Katherina is transformed into a playful paintball match; the prom substitutes for the Act V feast; Kat's poem replaces Katherina's famous Act V speech; and Joey Donner's wager over Bianca's virginity parallels the bet placed by Shakespeare's husbands regarding their partners' obedience . </P>

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