The Characters of “The Odyssey,” Ranked By Suckability

A jam-packed episode devoted solely to Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey — and the original Homeric text? You’re welcome! Stories are so powerful.

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In this episode we discuss:

• Why there was no butt sex in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey?
• Zeus’s Law, and what the film tries (and fails) to say about war. Spoiler alert: war bad
• Background on the collapse of the Bronze Age and how Nolan inverts the myth of the “Sea People.”
• How The Odyssey’s redemption of Men™ mirrors Nolan’s other films
• Was Zendaya a goddess or Odysseus' conscience? Does it matter??
• Why Tom Holland turned every scene into gay porn
• Why Anne Hathaway will win the Oscar
• Why Samantha Morton will also win the Oscar
• The role of Women™ in The Odyssey — both Homerically and Nolanly
• Dr. Emily Wilson’s eviscerating take on Nolan’s Odyssey
• Odysseus’ Obstacles, Ranked on the Suck-o-meter:
  • The Cyclops/Polyphemus
  • The Giants/The Laestrygonians
  • Circe
  • Tiresies/The Shades of the Underworld
  • The Sirens
  • Scylla and Charybdis
  • Helios’ Cattle
  • Calypso
  • Boat of Idiots (aka Odysseus’ men)
  • All These Hoes (aka Antinous and the suitors)
• The Official Like a Virgin Guide to Peeing During The Odyssey
• Does Ludwig Göransson deserve to get his ass ate?
• Does Christopher Nolan deserve to get his ass ate?
• Is The Odyssey better than Disney’s Hercules?
• Is The Odyssey better than Uptown Girls?

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XOXoxoxox Fran & Rose

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