NYT Daily ? September 19, 2025
"___ the Man" (2006 film inspired by "Twelfth Night")
Answer:
SHES
Hint:
This romantic comedy stars Amanda Bynes as a girl who disguises herself as her twin brother at his new school, leading to plenty of mistaken identities. Think of the possessive pronoun that fits before "the Man."
Explanation:
This clue references the 2006 modern retelling of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, where the title plays on the phrase "she’s the man." The blank signals a missing word, and the answer "SHES" fills it to complete the movie’s name. The film’s premise—a girl disguising herself as her twin brother—mirrors the gender-swapping plot of the original play. It’s a straightforward fill-in-the-blank with a nod to Shakespearean comedy.
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