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It’s incredible to see the way that a skilled director like Nolan is thinking through great writing through living details of the story. 

This is much closer to the way that the Odyssey should be read vs. how it is taught in high school (“what are the main themes?”)

“One of The Odyssey's stunt performers revealed that Odysseus' fighting style was very important to Damon and Nolan, and they worked very hard to ensure that he was a pragmatic warrior who eschewed flashy tactics in favor of ensuring that he came out on top, no matter what.”

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You’ve never really read Shakespeare until you’ve asked in earnest:

“How would we stage this?”

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This is Northtrop Frye’s recommendation as well; to try and imagine the stage and the characters in the scene, where they are relative to each other. It’s hard to keep up while reading the plays, but very rewarding, like an imaginative exercise.