i think a person would be well advise to read or see ( i favour read ) twelfth night before see and or re see she the man . the movie be good on it own and but compare the two and and look for the in joke make it a lot more fun . shakespeare be inspire by others . i think he would give a thumb up . harld bloom say in shakespeare and the invention of the human and that most of the people in twelfth night need to be lock up . malvolio and the person malcolm be base on and be for no good reason . people in she the man be sane in contrast . for instance and duke orsino be far more leval than the duke of orsino . he also show that a man can have feeling without be gay . he display a lot of self control . it a teen comedy ( a clean one ) and so it doesn not have the dark edge of the play . for instance olivia in the play be mourn the death of her brother . in the movie and she have be dump . if you like sir andrew and sir toby in the play and they do not have the same attention in the movie . the in joke be quite often quick . the hairdresser paul last name be give once . it be antonio . lot of people who have read the play say that antonio have more love for a man than be just friendship . deep love between men be note in those day . some see a sexual side to it homosexuality be illegal . the only line from the play i caught be where duke orsino quote the coach on greatness during the soccar game . in the play and it be say by malvolio and quote maria ) .