Joyce Carol Oates Defends ‘The Odyssey’ and Slams Translator for Scathing Review: ‘Speaks in the Crude Language of MAGA Folks’

Author Joyce Carol Oates came to the defense of Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” after translator Emily Wilson wrote a viral review attacking the film. “Rather than disagreeing with interpretations of Homer in a collegial manner, this person, who has benefited enormously from Nolan’s film, speaks in the crude language

Emily Wilson, Joyce Carol Oates would like a word. The former, who is responsible for what is probably the most popular translation of The Odyssey, was deeply critical of Christopher Nolan’s film in a recent piece she wrote for the London Review of Books. Wilson summed up her feelings with, “I would be ashamed to have

The celebrated author weighs in on Christopher Nolan's film: "No reason why Nolan, or anyone else, should not re-imagine/re-envision a classical hero."

The academic whose acclaimed translation of The Odyssey helped inspire Sir Christopher Nolan’s latest blockbuster has delivered a blistering review of the film, saying she “would be ashamed” to have written its script.

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is the film of the moment, but classicist Emily Wilson who translated Homer's ancient Greek poem in 2017 has criticised the film adaptation, saying it has "nothing convincing to say."

Emily Wilson said she would be ‘ashamed’ to have written any part of the script for Christopher Nolan’s epic.

Sir Christopher Nolan's latest film, The Odyssey, may have won rave reviews from critics and done storming business at the box office - but one person is definitely not happy.

The film has won rave reviews from film critics but a translator of Homer's work was less than impressed.

The Hallmark Channel’s ropey version of The Odyssey is going viral for its star-studded cast. Christopher Nolan’s film only looks better by comparison Christopher Nolan’s version of The Odyssey is far from the first committed to screen. As early as 1911, Italian director Guiseppe de Liguoro made a silent version entit