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...Penelope,” title character Penelope Wilhern, played by Christina Ricci, seems to have it all. As the daughter of blue-blood aristocrats, she has money, charm, and a horde of suitors flocking to her door. Oh yeah, she also has a pig nose. “Penelope?? is a modern-day fairy tale in an image-obsessed world that actually teaches girls to love themselves the way they are. Penelope is heir not only to the family fortune, but to the family curse, as well, doomed to sport a pig nose until she finds true love...
...that I read Homer’s “The Odyssey” was in my high school freshman English class. I hated it. I was alternately bored with the flush language, infuriated by Odysseus’s ego and infidelity, and frustrated by what I saw as Penelope??s pathetic loyalty. I kept on putting down “The Odyssey” to sneak a peek at the next book on the syllabus, which I thought to be far more satisfying: “The Scarlet Pimpernel.”Luckily, my bad experience with...
...there was trouble a-brewing in this Penelope??s paradise. On his way to the Widener stacks, the beau-in-question sheepishly revealed that his own gift wasn’t exactly the epitome of reciprocity: a sterling silver key chain. “But it’s a nice one, it’s from Tiffany’s!” he protested. How ho-hum. Bling or not, this boy’s babe got served...
...another classically themed poem, “The Wife of the Man of Many Wiles,” Penelope??for nearly three thousand years regarded as the archetype of a faithful spouse—indicates to Odysseus, her husband, that she may not in fact have been as faithful as he, and Homer, thought. The poem drives its point home with a jarring conclusion, with Penelope telling Odysseus to “Kill all the damned suitors, if you think it will make you feel better...
...special mention on the album are the title track as well as “Penelope?? and “A Boat Like Gideon Brown”—noteworthy for their infectious melodies and insightful lyrics. The traditional “Barque in the Harbour” is especially poignant with guest vocalist Liz Pickard’s soprano voice adding a haunting quality to the tale of lost love...
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