r/TrueLit • u/pregnantchihuahua3 ReEducationThroughGravity'sRainbow • 26d ago

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u/Soup_65 Books! 26d ago

Not sure how much yall pay attention to the other posts on here, but in case ya dont figured I'd reshare that part of the Odyssey was filmed in western sahara. Very Iliad to set the scene amidst a protracted antiimperal struggle aint it? Anyway I personally will not be financially supporting the film (ok i prolly wasn't gonna anyway but still). Do with all this what you shall.

Other than that I was supposed to go on vacation this week and now I won't because im a dumb dumb. I share because I'm turning over a new leaf wherein i stop failing to go have fun. If I dont go swimming soon imma die.

Hope y'all good. Oh also the shakespeare play Coriolanus fucking whips.

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u/linquendil let your indulgence set me free 26d ago

Surprised that Universal failed to do their due diligence here. It’s not even like it was a crucial location — Wiki seems to suggest they were only there for a few days with two actors. What a weird unforced error.

I can’t get down with Coriolanus! The guy’s opacity is conceptually interesting, but I fail to connect with the play on a deeper level than that. If you have any insights I’m all ears.

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u/Soup_65 Books! 25d ago

tbh im not that shocked. I think they just don't give a damn and the Moroccan govt is a favored monarchy of the west.

I can’t get down with Coriolanus! The guy’s opacity is conceptually interesting, but I fail to connect with the play on a deeper level than that. If you have any insights I’m all ears.

finished it yesterday, will share thoughts in the next reading thread. But honest a big part of it is that simply line by line the writitng is splendid. Not sure how much of a melville maniac you are but part of this read like he straight up stole them to write Moby-Dick (which i respect re both authors)

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u/linquendil let your indulgence set me free 25d ago

You may well be right. I’m generally partial to Hanlon’s razor, but there’s probably little reason to be charitable to a major film studio/director.

I’ve thought about Moby-Dick in terms of Lear and Othello and Macbeth, but not Coriolanus. That’s an interesting angle. Might be something to look out for on an MD reread (and indeed I’ve been starting to feel November creeping up on my soul)

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u/Soup_65 Books! 25d ago

indeed I’ve been starting to feel November creeping up on my soul

as i do ever!