"O Brother, Where Art Thou?"

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This paper discusses that, in their film, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?," the Coen brothers built in ironic commentary that underscores the understanding of the story of Odysseus. The author classifies the film as a "road picture." The author states that like Homer the always-inventive Coen brothers have taken recognizable allusions to other movies and the surprise of new ones and blended them into a remarkable film.

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"Into this, they weave some very obscure allusions: Waldrop is the surname of Penny's suitor and of Howard Waldrop who wrote a novel called A Dozen Tough Jobs, in which the central character is a modernized version of Hercules. The title of the movie comes from a 1941 play by Preston Sturgis, called Sullivan's Travels, in which the protagonist must choose whether to obey the studios and create a facile, feel-good comedy or portray the real sufferings of exploited man."

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