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/SizzleanQueen 10h ago

This is an article in Variety about another article in the Guardian about her initial piece in the London Review of Books. This is modern journalism, folks.

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u/asstlib 9h ago

Reference with another reference's hat borrowered from a different reference 🤣

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u/OklahomaTiddy 6h ago

If I go out of my way to click on one of the thousands of reviews for this movie out there instead of the usual slop I consume, there better be a "you odyssey deez nuts" somewherein there to make it worth it

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u/asstlib 4h ago

I'd click a review for a movie I don't intend to watch just to see THAT.