Translator Emily Wilson torches Nolan's Odyssey in sharp critique
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Emily Wilson, translator of The Odyssey, offers a scathing London Review of Books critique of Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey, arguing the three-hour epic sacrifices Homer’s depth and female agency for spectacle, reconfigures Odysseus as a reluctant warlord, and treats violence as entertainment, fueling ongoing conversations about adaptation and representation.
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