(January 11, 2016 at 2:08 pm)Irrational Wrote:(January 11, 2016 at 1:41 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Going from memory - I'll have to track it down and watch it again - there are too many narrative parallels to be coincidental. For example, the idea of the hero going undercover and only revealing his identity to a select few.
Odysseus? He conceals his identity temporarily from his wife and her suitors when he gets back home from his voyage, but throughout the journey on sea, he was obvious to everyone around him. But even so, this is a story idea that is too common (archetypal) to even consider as a remarkable thing to emulate. I'm sure, the Hindus and the Chinese had that in their stories as well.
Isn't this the basis for every single Shakespeare "comedy"
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.
