"Two Peas in a Pod"

In talking about parasocial relationships, we have focused on television, and rightly so, as the television probably gives us the number one source of relationships of this kind. I would like to widen the pigeonhole if I may and refer to one of favorite movies, “Ten Things I Hate About You,” (which has a lot of quoting potential, like “Am I that transparent? I want you; I need you; oh baby, oh baby.”) Paraphrasing (because access to any of the sites with scripts is apparently not possible) Mandella’s response to Michael asking her if she likes Shakespeare, (seeing all the pictures in her locker) “More then like…we’re involved.” Now in today’s world, you can read up on your favorite celebrity or show or get the latest scoop in a variety of texts and know everything there is to know about that subject. Though we have Shakespeare’s works, we do not have a clear picture of what he was like. Mandella is “involved” with Shakespeare, though for the most part what he is has been crafted in her head. We are not talking paranormal relationship as she does not employ such devices, but can we say parasocial? I think we tend to think it is weirder since in carrying on the one-sided relationship, you can't ever "meet," and in a sense, that would be the ultimate goal in the "relationship."