Greece awaits Nolan's 'The Odyssey' with anticipation despite casting controversy
- ATHENS, Greece -- ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” opens Friday, to global anticipation and some controversy over his casting choices — but what do Greeks think?
- Conversation about adaptations often revolves around how closely they follow a source text.
- But in a country where Homer’s story is taught and retold at all schools, many point to how the epic has been kept alive for nearly 3,000 years: not despite reinvention, but because of it.
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- ATHENS, Greece -- ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” opens Friday, to global anticipation and some controversy over his casting choices — but what do Greeks think?
- Conversation about adaptations often revolves around how closely they follow a source text.
- But in a country where Homer’s story is taught and retold at all schools, many point to how the epic has been kept alive for nearly 3,000 years: not despite reinvention, but because of it.
Sources: The Independent, ABC News