The Left Page - Oddysscourse. The Tragedy of MAGA-memnom

About this episode

The episode discusses the discourse surrounding the Oddyssey film and its implications on historical representation and mythology.

Hello everyone!! Today we're starting off with our new kinds of episodes, as we discuss a more broad element... the discourse on the new Oddyssey film! We've often talked about historical representation, mythology, and what "historical accuracy" can mean, but not as directly as of yet. So this time we went full into some of the terrible ways those are all used, distanced from any interesting or useful cultural critique, and only a terrible weapon to brandish. So come along as we seek to prepare ourselves and others to not fall into those same pitfalls and traps that are misrepresenting and confusing all at once. Enjoy! Video Mentioned: https://youtu.be/O9KD3Xv7D1c If you can and are interested in early episodes and our bonus content, soon to be plenty more, check out our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leftpage Also! If you're not there already, feel free to join our Discord! https://discord.gg/J2wgG3yrPN Outro Music: Don't Leave! · El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance Troupe. From the Album: Zareef ℗ 2006 El-Funoun

People in this episode

Hosts: Frank, Leon

Topics covered

• film discourse
• historical representation
• mythology
• cultural critique
• MAGA

Keywords

• Oddyssey
• historical accuracy
• cultural critique
• mythology
• MAGA
• representation
• discourse

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, Discord

Books & works: Oddyssey

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