Emily Wilson
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468 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 1 Aug
Emily Wilson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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We need to have a protagonist with detailed, believable motivation.
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So the fact that these desires seem to be stripped from Odysseus, he doesn't seem to want food, doesn't seem to want sex.
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What does he want?
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Thank you so much for having me.
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Thank you for your zinnia in having me.
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Zinnia, right.
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Yes, hospitality.
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The story is set in the aftermath of the mythical Trojan War, and it centers on the mythical Greek hero from Ithaca, Odysseus, and the final sequence of his very long extended journey home.
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In Greek, there's a word nostos, from which we get nostalgia, a story about a journey home from war.
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The Odyssey traces the story of how Odysseus escapes from the island of Calypso, a goddess with whom he's been spending the past seven years,
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And finally, after many misadventures, makes it back to Ithaca.
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And after many more misadventures on Ithaca, reunites with his son Telemachus, his wife Penelope, and slaughters the suitors of his wife.
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Absolutely.
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I think people should see it.
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I think it's a lot to think about and talk about.
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And I think it's a good time at the movies.
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It's a big spectacle.
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There's a lot to think about, both in terms of what is this film saying about our times and about war, violence and deception in our times, and also what it's doing with the source material.
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I do think that it would have been better if Nolan had hired a scriptwriter because that would have solved a lot of the issues.
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But I also think the actors are amazing.
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