A jam-packed episode devoted solely to Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey — and the original Homeric text? You’re welcome! Stories are so powerful.
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In this episode we discuss:
- Why there was no butt sex in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey?
- Zeus’s Law, and what the film tries (and fails) to say about war. Spoiler alert: war bad
- Background on the collapse of the Bronze Age and how Nolan inverts the myth of the “Sea People.”
- How The Odyssey’s redemption of Men™ mirrors Nolan’s other films
- Was Zendaya a goddess or Odysseus' conscience? Does it matter??
- Why Tom Holland turned every scene into gay porn
- Why Anne Hathaway will win the Oscar
- Why Samantha Morton will also win the Oscar
- The role of Women™ in The Odyssey — both Homerically and Nolanly
- Dr. Emily Wilson’s eviscerating take on Nolan’s Odyssey
- Odysseus’ Obstacles, Ranked on the Suck-o-meter:
- The Cyclops/Polyphemus
- The Giants/The Laestrygonians
- Circe
- Tiresies/The Shades of the Underworld
- The Sirens
- Scylla and Charybdis
- Helios’ Cattle
- Calypso
- Boat of Idiots (aka Odysseus’ men)
- All These Hoes (aka Antinous and the suitors)
- The Official Like a Virgin Guide to Peeing During The Odyssey
- Does Ludwig Göransson deserve to get his ass ate?
- Does Christopher Nolan deserve to get his ass ate?
- Is The Odyssey better than Disney’s Hercules?
- Is The Odyssey better than Uptown Girls?
MADELINE MILLER YOU WILL ALWAYS BE FAMOUS!!!!!!!!
XOXoxoxox Fran & Rose
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