I don't especially care what Stephen King thinks of Stanley Kubrick's movie version of The Shining. I have my reasons for liking it, King has his reasons for disliking it, I respect his frame of reference while acknowledging that it is utterly independent from my own. Anyway, about The Odyssey...
KenWould the Odyssey be better if it were about the victims at Troy instead of Odysseus? Would Oppenheimer be better if were about Hiroshima instead of Oppenheimer? Would Batman be better if it were about purse snatchers and jewel thieves living with chronic injuries? Would Taxi Driver be better if it