Turns out the simultaneously sympathetic yet profoundly & eruditely pedagogical review of The Odyssey we both need & deserve already dropped almost two weeks ago. This was a joy to read, even where the author's takes diverged from mine. As it should be. Efharisto poly @spencermcdaniel.bsky.social 🙏
An Ancient Historian's Breakdown of Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' - Tales of Times Forgotten
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is perhaps the most highly anticipated new film of the 2020s. It has already received near-universal acclaim from film critics and earned more at the box office in its ...
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Christopher J Stevens@metaphysiology.bsky.social · 4d agoExactly my feeling as an academic also. To say "But in academia it's even worse" by way of excusing any piece of critical writing which has little constructive content & no pedagogical sensitivity is just to highlight one of the core toxic dimensions that has historically done net harm to academia.
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