Comments on: Odysseus in Detroit

By: GayPatriotWest

GayPatriotWest — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:16:08 +0000

Pride, Anon Imus, pride. That is the similarity between both stories.

By: Anon Imus

Anon Imus — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:54:12 +0000

Citizen Kaine has absolutely nothing to do with Oedipus. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch. They are totally unrelated. I have no idea why anyone would look at these two things and see any connection.

By: V the K

V the K — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:50:51 +0000

The city once had over 1,000,000 in 1950, now barely has 900,000. It's actually worse than that. The population was 1,800,000 in the 1950's, and 900,000 today. But Detroit has many more city employees now than it did then, and indeed, far more employees and departments than any city in its population class. Opening a new business in the city can require as many as 62 separate approvals according to the Mackinac Center. Small wonder, then, that Detroit is America's Most liberal city. Detroit has "enjoyed" more than forty years of unbroken, liberal Democrat rule... and yet, for some strange reason, is not the peaceful, prosperous, utopia leftists always promise.

By: ThatGayConservative

ThatGayConservative — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:47:39 +0000

is little more than a retelling of Books 5 to 12 of the Odyssey, Yeah, but can you sync up Darkside of the Moon to the Odyssey?

It is as if the ~~inmates~~ liberals have taken the asylym.

Fixed it for ya. Inmates, liberals what's the diff?

By: Mark J. Goluskin

Mark J. Goluskin — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:02:03 +0000

Well, this may not be the best post to make this comment, but I think that it is very sympamatic that Detroit as a city, and an economic power is in a freefall of decline. The city once had over 1,000,000 in 1950, now barely has 900,000. The once vaunted auto industry is in a similar freefall. Also, the 0-16 Detroit Lions football team-owned by the Ford family. It is as if the inmates have taken the asylym. Oops, forgot to mention that the mayor had to resign because he cut a deal due to having a felony. You get the point. It is a miracle that there are not more frustrated souls as Mr. Eastwood’s charecter. I have to see this movie.

By: Roberto

Roberto — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:20:33 +0000

I havenÂ´t seen Gran Torino yet because it hasnÂ´t come to a theatre near me (San Salvador). Clint Eastwood has been a favorite of mine going back to thedays of the spaghetti westerns. I have collected his Dirty Harry series. San Francisco is too liberal to have a police force with the philosophy of law enforcement of a Harry Callaghan. As for Citizen Caine, I thought of it as being like the older episodes of Law & Order, ripped from the front pages. When I studied cinema the opinion was that it was supposedly based on the life of the late publisher, William Randolph Hearst. While Hearst had a penchant for actresses, I believe it was Gloria Swanson who gave him low marks for his sexual prowess.

By: Julie the Jarhead

Julie the Jarhead — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:04:18 +0000

An historical note: there was a famous wrestler named Wladek (Walter) “Killer” Kowalski. He lived (and recently died) in Malden, Massachusetts.

By: Ignatius

Ignatius — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:55:31 +0000

O Brother, Where Art Thou? is my favorite Homeric retelling to date. The first time I saw it, I was surprised how consistent it is with the original. Good music and very funny, too.

By: The Old Man

The Old Man — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:31:40 +0000

If the flick is as good as your review, I’ll have to check this one out.

By: The_Livewire

The_Livewire — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:42:14 +0000

I’ve not seen the new Eastwood movie, but I’ve always been taught that the Wizard of Oz is a telling of the free silver/gold standard debate. More apparent in the books because Dorothy’s slippers were silver. The farmlands (scarecrow) and steel industry (tinman) supported free silver, while the west and east coast opposed it.