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Re:Who Is America's Homer? by rayiner on Sunday July 19, 2026 @11:42PM (#48974112)
I think that’s correct. One way to look at it: when the Greek world expanded geographically, the new people tried to connect themselves with the Homeric stories (as did the Romans). Whose stories serve that function today? Disney.
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Re:Who Is America's Homer? by GolfPopper on Monday July 20, 2026 @12:03AM (#48974211)
Really? Advertising/Marketing aside, "What's up doc?" would seem to have a much bigger share of the zeitgeist, even today, than the Mouse.
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Re:Who Is America's Homer? by oliculipolicula on Monday July 20, 2026 @01:20AM (#48974617)
Hollywood may only think that there are any Pacific Islanders today who want to be Auliʻi Cravalho, but every allied nation hopes to get their own Emmett Brown?
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