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Hope and History and a Minor Redistribution of Broken Pots

1. Yup, Still Stuck in the Odyssey

As I noted in my most recent post, one of the most heartening things about the reception of Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey has been the thoughtful, good-faith discussion and argument that has followed. Love...

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The Broligarchs and the Law of Zeus

Desecrating the Temple of Athene in the Odyssey.

I. It’s been two weeks since going to see Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey in the theatre, and it continues to do the thing any artist worth their salt wants their work to do—it’s stuck with me,...

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A Man of Many Devices

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I. Back in February I posted an essay about the outrage among the usual suspects that Christopher Nolan went “woke” and cast Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy in the Odyssey. I won’t rehash my argument here—go read th...

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Utopian Promises, Dystopian Realities

Still from The Road (dir. John Holcoat 2009).

I. A late addition to my teaching roster in the fall term is one of my favourite courses: “Utopias and Dystopias in Literature” (ENGL 4817). It was a course originally designed by a senior coll...

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In Praise of Imperfection

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WARNING: spoilers for all five seasons of The Bear to come. You have been warned.

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