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The FINAL Odyssey Trailer Just Confirmed Our Worst Fears...

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Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. Over the last couple of months, I’ve made quite a few videos discussing Christopher Nolan’s upcoming adaptation of The Odyssey. I’ve talked about casting, the apparent lack of Greek representation in one of the most famous Greek stories ever written, Lupita Nyong’o playing Helen of Troy AND Clytemnestra, the rumours that Elliot Page might be playing Achilles, and more recently, I took a look at Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey, which Christopher Nolan has mentioned on multiple occasions. And now the FINAL trailer has officially dropped. Here are my thoughts. Topics Covered In This Video: •Christopher Nolan’s final Odyssey trailer explained •Why The Odyssey trailer is receiving backlash •The biggest problems with Nolan’s Odyssey •Why the final trailer made the controversy worse •Could Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey underperform? •The negative reaction to The Odyssey trailer •The Odyssey trailer dislikes explained •Why Nolan’s Odyssey does not feel authentically Greek •The lack of Greek actors in The Odyssey •Why Greek representation matters in The Odyssey •The Odyssey casting controversy explained •Why the cast feels like a Hollywood costume party •Matt Damon as Odysseus explained •Tom Holland, Zendaya, and Anne Hathaway in The Odyssey •Travis Scott’s role in The Odyssey •Why realistic sets cannot make The Odyssey feel authentic •The costumes and armour in The Odyssey trailer •Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy explained •Lupita Nyong’o as Clytemnestra explained •Why Helen of Troy’s casting is controversial •What Helen of Troy looked like in Greek mythology •Why Nolan may be modernizing The Odyssey too much •Is Christopher Nolan trying to correct Homer? •The role of women in Homer’s Odyssey •Emily Wilson’s Odyssey translation explained •Why Emily Wilson’s translation is controversial •Is Emily Wilson’s Odyssey faithful to Homer? •Did Emily Wilson change Homer’s meaning? •Slavery, gender, power, and hierarchy in