oh "O"

I would just like to say that "O" is a great modern day performance of Shakespeare. I love the film so far. As we said in class, it is easy to follow the references from the original text. Yet, it is new and inventive in its own way. The one thing i find truly inventive is the emphasis placed on "O."

In the original text Shakespeare place emphasis on Othello by calling him "the moor." He is the only moor ever mentioned. this proves his uniqueness. But Shakespeare also idealizes Othello because he says "THE moor." Othello is not just any other solider. Othello is the one an only "moor" and is of equal importance.

Odin also stands apart from the rest of the cast. But O isn't recognized simply by being the only one. Instead the director of the film uses several "O" shaped references throughout the start of the film. For example, the white birds in the opening scene are resting on a circle of a building. Another "O" reference appears in the deans office. The room is a green color. This green causes a clock to stand out on the wall. The white clock is lined with a black rim. The rim creates another "O" on the wall. Another tribute to Odin is the circular balloons in the stands at the basketball game. Several members of the crowd hold up long balloons curled to make a circle. Finally, when the basketball game is won the crowd surrounds Odin and lifts him into the air. It is no surprise that the crowd forms a circle. But what is unique, is Odin is surrounded by the circle, making him the primary focal point. At that moment Odin is THE man. He may not be referred to as the only moor but is undoubtedly the star and the primary factor of the film.