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Tame Me, I’m the Shrew

Synopsis
US sitcom created by Eunetta T. Boone, based in Baltimore and Los Angeles, and focusing on the outspoken 17-year-old Breanna Barnes (Kyla Pratt) and her single sportscaster dad, Flex Washington (Flex Alexander), who not only wants to be a responsible parent, but also wants to be his daughter’s best friend. In this episode Breanna gets the leading part in a performance of Shakespeare’s The Taming Of The Shrew. Finding Shakespeare’s language out of date, Breanna decides to liven it up in a 2pac version, but when she lets her ego get the best of her the director decides that her best friend Spirit should have the role leaving Breanna as her understudy.
Series
One on One
Language
English
Country
United States
Medium
Television
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Transmission details
21 Jan 2002 (Channel: UPN)
Duration
23 mins

Credits

Director
Dana de Valley Piazza
Producer
Eunetta T. Boone
Writer
Kenny Buford
Cast
SicilySpirit Jones (Katherina)
Duane Odell KnoxKelly Perine
Flex AlexanderMark ‘Flex’ Washington

Additional Details

Production type
Sitcoms/Variety
Plays
Taming of the Shrew, The
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Amateur theatre

Notes

History
Season 1, episode 13
The series ran on the now-defunct UPN network from September 3, 2001 to May 15, 2006. Original transmission time unknown.
In the UK, ONE ON ONE is currently (2007) being broadcast on Trouble television.

Production Company

Name

Daddy’s Girl Productions

Name

Greenblatt Janollari Studio

Name

Paramount Television

Notes
American television company that was active from 1967 to 2006. The successor company is CBS Paramount Television.

Archive

Name

Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division

Web
http://catalog.loc.gov/ External site opens in new window
Phone
(20) 707-8572
Fax
(20) 707-237’1
Address
Motion Picture & Television Reading Room
James Madison Building, LM 336
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C.
20540-4690
United States

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