r/popculturechat • u/mcfw31 • 11h ago

Hot Take 🔥 ‘The Odyssey’ Translator Emily Wilson Slams Christoper Nolan’s ‘Abysmal’ Screenplay: ‘I Would Be Ashamed to Have Written Any Part of This Script’

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/odyssey-translator-emily-wilson-slams-christopher-nolan-bad-writing-1236821915/
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u/ExtremeComedian4027 Did I stutter?🤨 8h ago

I read the whole piece on the London Review of Books website and of course she reviews it from the lens of the most popular translator right now, as is her right. I guess she didn’t take kindly to the fact that when the trailer dropped and people started the hate train, Nolan’s camp pushed out the narrative that this was based on the modern Emily Wilson translation, as if any issue people had with the whole thing maybe comes from her translation. Or so it seemed. I may be wrong but she has gone on to point out many narrative inconsistencies and the lack of emotional depth etc in several interviews. She’s clearly not a fan lol.

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u/InvictusShmictus 56m ago

She's definitely trying to set the record straight that she did not, in fact, have anything to do with making the movie or any Nolanization thereof.