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Southern culture on the skids: "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"

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TAFKA Steve

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Caught the latest Coen Bros. flick this weekend and had a pretty good time laughing. The story is loosely based on Homer's Odyssey and I enjoyed observing the parallels and skews relative to the Greek classic. But note this difference up front: unlike the classic Ulysses, who overcame obstacles by being clever and using his head, George Clooney's "Ulysses" is a lot dumber than he looks (and that is saying something) and survives by sheer luck. This one is not in the same league as the Coens' top efforts like "Fargo", more like "Raising Arizona" meets "Dumb and Dumber", so don't raise your expectations too high. But you could do worse: "Dude, Where's My Car?"

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Re: Southern culture on the skids: "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" Stephen Hayes 18:24:56 01/16/01 (2)
Speaking of symbolism (or allegory, at least) in the Coen Bros. movies, what do you make of that birth/defecation scene with John Goodman and William Forsythe in "Raising Arizona" (other than that it's a kind of birth/defecation)?
- Re: Southern culture on the skids: "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" TAFKA Steve 15:02:35 01/17/01 (1)
  It means 1) that John Goodman would do anything to avoid spending more time with Roseanne Barr, or 2) shit happens. I guess William Forsythe was a breech birth.
  - LOL! <nt> Stephen Hayes 09:25:45 01/18/01 (0)
    nt

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