Joyce Carol Oates Defends Christopher Nolan & ‘The Odyssey’ Against Emily Wilson, Other Critics

Joyce Carol Oates has defended Christopher Nolan and his film adaptation of The Odyssey following harsh criticism from Emily Wilson. Wilson, a British-American classicist and translator, described the Matt Damon-led epic as abysmal in a piece for the London Review of Books, stating she would be ashamed to have written it. In response, Oates slammed Wilson's critique as crude, sparking a viral literary dispute between the two writers over the quality of the cinematic production.