The Guardian view on Homer: The Odyssey is more modern than we might like to think | Editorial
The universal themes addressed by one of humanity’s greatest storytellers more than merit Hollywood box-office treatmentThe Magasphere’s endless appetite for culture wars is wearily familiar. But who could have foreseen that Greek literature would become the new casus belli? Ahead of its much-anticipated general release next week, Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey has triggered Elon Musk and other supposed defenders of western civilisation. Directorial decisions such as the casting of the Kenyan-Mexican actor Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy,…
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