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JUSTTHENEWS (Claire Harrington) - 'Odyssey' soars past $1.1 billion at box office, despite controversial 'diverse' casting

Conservative backlash by Matt Walsh, Ben Shapiro over “woke” casting - such as Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy - didn't hinder film's success, reports show.

NYTIMES (Alisha Haridasani Gupta) - Matt Damon’s Biceps in That ‘Odyssey’ Fight Scene? They’re Hers.

Devyn Dalton, a 4-foot-6 woman, is the leading man’s stunt double in Christopher Nolan’s summer blockbuster.

NYTIMES (Michelle Goldberg) - Christopher Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’ Shows That Epics Are Better Without A.I.

A.I. has rendered eye candy cheap. Viewers long for the visceral.

THEFEDERALIST (Nathan Stone) - The Problem With Nolan’s Odyssey Is That It’s Not Homer’s Odyssey

By trying to make the Odyssey relatable to the twenty-first century, Nolan made a flash in the pan, not an adaptation of foundational text of the Western world.

NPR (Sequoia Carrillo) - How to keep an ancient text interesting to students? Make it a summer blockbuster

English teachers are excited to have a new adaptation of Homer's The Odyssey to use to get students excited about the epic poem.

NYTIMES (MJ Franklin) - To Sell the ‘Odyssey,’ Publishers, Like Its Hero, Get Wily

The market for Homer’s epic poem is as crowded as a certain Ithacan palace, and publishers have had to get crafty to attract readers to their editions.

AMERICANTHINKER - The Devil wears maternity clothes

By Jeannie DeAngelis How can one celebrate motherhood while defending abortion as ‘mercy’? Enter Anne Hathaway, recently of Odyssey fame.