HR Greenberg wonders: > Writing a brief review of OBROTHER WHERE ART THOU. Has anyone done anything > or said anything about the analogies to SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS, which seem much > more pertinent than HOMER. Thanks HR Greenberg MD ENDIT Some reviews I've seen have briefly mentioned ST, in relation to the title, although I haven't yet seen anyone mention the scene in the movie theater which seems to be the most direct connection, aside from the Depression-era chain-gang milieu. The Odyssey references are sprinkled throughout the film. Not just Goodman as Polyphemus, but Ulysses' "Penelope" is about to be married to an unworthy suitor, Babyface Nelson pays for killing the Cattle of the Sun, the Lotus-Eaters go to be baptized ,etc. Haven't quite figured out Scylla and Charybdis yet and there doesn't seem to be a Telemachus as son, but I suspect that the radio station and owner are meant to represent Aeolus. Apparently, the Coens had not actually read the Odyssey before making the film, so there's much I'm not sure of how to take, eg. the politician named "Homer." Of course, there are a lot of other cross-references too. The disruption of the Klan rally is taken from THE WIZARD OF OZ (the attempt to rescue Dorothy from the Wicked Witch), among other things. Don Larsson ----------------------------------------------------------- Donald F. Larsson English Department, AH 230 Minnesota State University Mankato, MN 56001 ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html