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[flemmings]

Oh, so *that's* why Gaiman's incommunicado in China. Or rather, that's why he's in China; he's incommunicado for the various reasons he listed in his blog, like having his cell phone hacked.

Am trying not to be Eeyore these days, so shall refrain from laying personal odds on how well this might end.

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[paleaswater.livejournal.com]

The Chinese industry overlords are supremely clueless. These are the people who gave us the curse of the golden boobies! And deprived Uncle Ming of his role in Mei Lanfang! Their approval of Gaiman is actually a strike against him, not for.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

They can't *all* be lost causes, surely? Though this one sounds a bit umm. (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118033705?refCatId=13)

[paleaswater.livejournal.com]

When Gaiman say things like "there's nothing inherently Greek about the odyssey", it worries me.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Considering that statement, I actually have no idea how true it is or might be. Maybe Gaiman was saying 'Nothing I read in the Odyssey seems to apply to what I saw in Greece.' Rather as nothing about Genji relates to what you see in downtown Tokyo. Which is superficial, but an understandable error. (If it is. I have no idea how yer average Greek feels about Homer.)

I hope he's not saying 'The Odyssey is about the human experience and therefore is not particularly Greek.'

[paleaswater.livejournal.com]

Taken on its own I would probably go with what you said, but as he said it in context of writing script for Journey to the West I have to fear the worst. >_<

(I told you, I'm going to be Eeyore about it to the bitter end)

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Alas, you probably have every reason to be Eeyore about this undertaking. It seems to have 'See, I *told* you!!' written all over it.