{"id":132,"date":"2010-05-23T12:34:08","date_gmt":"2010-05-23T17:34:08","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-03T17:53:21","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T22:53:21","slug":"were_the_world_mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/were_the_world_mine\/","title":{"rendered":"Were the World Mine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Were the World Mine.<\/em> Dir. Tom Gustafson. San Jose, CA: Wolfe Video, 2008. DVD. 95 min. $24.95.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Taking its title from a line in the original play, Were the World Mine<\/em> is a creative re-imagining of A Midsummer Night’s Dream<\/em> that asks, “If you could make someone love you, would you?”<\/p>\n

The film presents a few complicated love affairs, from the main character, Timothy’s, crush on a seemingly straight rugby player at his all-boys prep school, to his mother’s longing for a husband who is out of the picture. The film also tells the all too familiar story of homophobic bullying in school. But things take a turn when Timothy, while preparing to play Puck in the school production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream,<\/em> creates an elixir that causes people to fall in love with the first person they see. After instigating gay love affairs throughout town, Timothy, along with the help of a kooky drama teacher, resolves everything and performs in a stunning production of the play.<\/p>\n

Were the World Mine<\/em> features several fanciful musical numbers, with lyrics adapted from Shakespeare’s words. Comparisons to High School Musical are hard to avoid, particularly after a dodge ball dance number, but the outcome distinguishes this film from a run-of-the-mill teen flick. A few plot points are left unresolved (we never learn why Timothy’s father left, for instance), but the whimsy of the film distracts the viewer from them.<\/p>\n

This film, though unrated, is an innocent love story appropriate for teen viewers. Winner of a number of honors, including a Critics’ Pick from the New York Times,<\/em> this film is recommended.<\/p>\n

Reviewed by,\u00a0Caitlin Shanley<\/strong>
\nInstructional Design and Technology Librarian
\nUniversity of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Lupton Library<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Were the World Mine. Dir. Tom Gustafson. San Jose, CA: Wolfe Video, 2008. DVD. 95 min. $24.95. Taking its title from a line in the original play, Were the World Mine is a creative re-imagining of A Midsummer Night’s Dream that asks, “If you could make someone love you, would you?” The film presents a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1167,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27,34,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}