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Originally Posted by AzTheta
It's loosely based on Homer's The Odyssey. If I hadn't been forced to read that at some point in my edjumacation, I never would have connected the dots. Got about 1/3 of the way through the movie before I had the AHA! moment.
All in all, it's a movie I watched once, and that was enough. I don't like Gillian Welch. But I love Ralph Stanley.
ETA: the cyclops was what cracked me up.
ETA2: jinx!
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Originally Posted by IndianaSigKap
I used to teach the Odyssey to freshmen and I still didn't like O Brother. My English teacher friends shake their heads at me...not an O Brother fan, but I loved Clueless (loosely based on Jane Austen's Emma) and 10 Things I Hate About You (loosely based on Taming of the Shrew). :-)
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