She’s the (Wo)Man!: A woman shows up the men in her life.
 We all know She’s the Man is a ridiculously funny movie that we can all pull quotes from, but did you know how much it pushes back on what society says is right?
What society says: “Women aren't funny.” “Women playing sports must be lesbians.” “Men aren't emotional.”
Well.. this movie stars a funny sporty lady that lets us see the behind the scenes emotions that guys have when they aren't putting on their guise.
She’s more than a pretty face.
Amanda Bynes is a funny woman who is attractive, but is not defined by that. She does not do grotesque comedy or play on her sexuality. Kathleen Rowe explains that tapping into the grotesque lets women be freer, but Bynes is able to be funny without that restraint of having to be this certain kind of funny. Bynes grew up being funny; first on All That, then she got her own show called The Amanda Show. She kept this comedy into What I Like About You, and now she is in films like She’s the Man and Easy A. These roles made her funny but not over the top like most women in comedy must do. She is not made to be overly sexy either, she plays a guy for most the movie.. so unlike described in “Pretty/Funny Women and Comedy’s Body Politics” by Mizejewski, she does not have to rely on sex appeal like other women comedians might have to resort to.
Not-so-tough guise.
In She’s the Man; Olivia impersonates her brother and tries to act like a guy. She actually picks up a “tough guise” this time.
The great thing about this film is while she is doing that, the guys at her new school ask her why she acts that why and says offensive things about women and the main guy lets his guise drop and they have serious emotional talks about girls and soccer.
 This showed a said of the guys that they don't let people see, but we got to see that they had emotions and were not also though guys. They get scared too..
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The main plot in this movie is not about getting the guy, although I would say that is a sub plot for sure. The one thing Olivia wants is to play soccer and beat her old school that said she can’t because she is a girl.
 She ends up getting on the team, making it to first string, and beating her old school all to show that girls can play with the “Big Boys”.  Not only did she prove she can play like a guy, but she can also be a girl and have a boyfriend and dress in dresses.
 Many times women in sports are seen as not as good and are targeted as lesbians for wanting to play sports. Susan Cahn in “Mannishness, Lesbianism, and Homophobia in U.S. Women’s Sports” explains this homophobia that people hold when it comes to sports. Viola is not the stereotypical woman athlete that people think of though. She is soft, wears makeup and ends up embracing her femininity at the end of the movie.
 I think this movie is a great example of disrupting hegemony. This said, it does still hold some of society’s tropes. To see this side of the story, read Big Apple Dreams.
