Alexandra Berardelli

Fulbrighter. @holy_cross alumna

[Alexandra Berardelli @AlexandraRB31]

Yes

[Badman† @fw_Badman]

I think One of the best choices Christopher Nolan made in The Odyssey was not letting us hear the Siren song. We never get a clean look at the Sirens; we never hear the song. As the audience, we're left frustrated; we want more, but that's the point.
The scene itself becomes a Siren song. It's giving us just enough to make us crave something we'll never actually get.
Odysseus monologue that the song was "a delicious itch you want to scratch, but you find it under the skin and can't reach it." That line doesn't just describe what he experienced.
It describes what we experienced watching the scene.
The Sirens aren't just singing beautiful music, they're exposing every promise you never kept, every dream you abandoned, every version of yourself you wish existed, and every person you've lost. The song changes depending on who's listening because everyone's deepest desire and deepest regret is different. That's why Nolan never lets us hear it.
The moment he gives the audience one definitive Siren song, it stops being ours and becomes someone else's.
Instead, he forces us to imagine what our Sirens would sound like.
And somehow, is a lot more terrifying..

[Alexandra Berardelli @AlexandraRB31]

Seen discourse on parallels btwn Oppenheimer and The Odyssey: while I agree somewhat, I believe Interstellar does a better job of expressing foundational complexities of man and a true "odyssey". It shows that a 3000yr poem has been central in the arts even if it isn't explicit.

[Saagar Enjeti @esaagar]

To the extent there's a good critique of Nolan's Odyssey (9/10): it's that he made Odysseus more heroic and honorable than Homer's, who was venal, cunning, unrepentant, and morally ambiguous

[Alexandra Berardelli @AlexandraRB31]

Travis Scott was one of the best choices in the movie. Nolan has already inserted himself into the tradition of myth and has placed Scott, a rapper, into some form of oral tradition in a new 21st-century context.

[Alonso Gurmendi @Alonso_GD]

The Odyssey *famously* does not open with Odysseus. It’s literally one of the most famous opening lines in Western literature.

[sententiae antiquae @sentantiq]

This is what Homer is supposed to do. Epic doesn't give simple answers. It defies expectations, produces ambiguities that allow audiences to read different things into the poem, and projects an authority that audiences want to claim for their own

[sententiae antiquae @sentantiq]

The victory of Nolan's Odyssey is not the work of art alone but the fact that the work has us arguing about Homer, arguing about what heroism is; even as a proxy in culture wars, talking about the Odyssey is closer look at ourselves.

[Alexandra Berardelli @AlexandraRB31]

Last two paras. 10/10

["Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @BretDevereaux]

My analysis/review/discussion of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is up at @ForeignPolicy

https://t.co/bhBt3aLAzg

[Kathimerini English Edition @ekathimerini]

Here’s what Greeks think of Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ (It’s their story, after all) https://t.co/d1Sb8GRf9o

[CNN @CNN]

As fans of Christopher Nolan eagerly await the July 17 release of his take on “The Odyssey,” a different kind of enthusiast is also bristling with anticipation: scholars and other devotees of the ancient world. https://t.co/2mI2ZPg5Xq

[Fulbright Greece @FulbrightGreece]

Letter from Greece
As the year draws to a close and we enter the holiday season, we reflect with gratitude on all who support Fulbright Greece. Happy Holidays!
https://t.co/owb4qpKBLc

[Brosif Gomer @BrosifGomer]

@EndWokeness Full interview. Co-Founder of Cracker Barrel Tommy Lowe says the best thing the brand can do is keep it country.

[Cracker Barrel @CrackerBarrel]

We thank our guests for sharing your voices and love for Cracker Barrel. We said we would listen, and we have. Our new logo is going away and our “Old Timer” will remain.

At Cracker Barrel, it’s always been – and always will be – about serving up delicious food, warm welcomes, and the kind of country hospitality that feels like family. As a proud American institution, our 70,000 hardworking employees look forward to welcoming you to our table soon.

[The Tonight Show @FallonTonight]

.@Lin_Manuel, Jimmy & @theroots perform a @HamiltonMusical medley with Classroom Instruments ⭐ #FallonTonight #Hamilten

[Hamilton @HamiltonMusical]

*Lady rolls down her car window at 46th street*
“congrats on HAMLET!”
Me: I WISH I wrote Hamlet!”
Lady: “Yay HAMLET!”
*drives away*
#myday
#Hamilten

📸: Tricia Baron

[Hamilton @HamiltonMusical]

POV: It's opening night on Broadway and you're part of the #HamFam. Courtesy of @leslieodomjr

🎥: Simon Reinert, Nick Bowser, Daniel Chesnut

[Alexandra Berardelli @AlexandraRB31]

@Lauren82593728 Rockaway resident here…do you need another volunteer here? 🙋‍♀️

[Alexandra Berardelli @AlexandraRB31]

Send it to Rockaway please

[Governor Kathy Hochul @GovKathyHochul]

The Interborough Express isn’t just going to make travel between Brooklyn and Queens easier. 

It’s going to bring these communities together like never before.

Thanks to funding I secured for the @MTA, we can move forward and get this vital new connection built.

[Jessica S. Tisch @NYPDPC]

Officer Didarul Islam was called to New York City by the promise of a better life. He fulfilled that promise through service.

But it was the man beneath the shield — steady in spirit, generous in presence — who left the deeper imprint.

Everything for him was about building something — for his family, his mosque, his adopted city, and his relatives back in Bangladesh. They were all in his care, and he found peace in watching them grow.

Officer Islam’s journey is now stitched into the fabric of this city: the hope of an immigrant, the strength of a family, the quiet resolve to serve the place that had taken him in and made him its own.

There’s a belief in Islam — Sadaqah Jariyah — that the good we do in this world doesn’t end when we do. That there is true power in good deeds, and a life of service leaves a lasting trace.

Officer Islam’s watch may be over. But his impact will never be.

In the NYPD, there are certain honors that carry deep meaning — not because they mark a destination, but because they speak to the path it took to get there. To the service given, the sacrifices made, and the legacy left behind.

So today, it is my honor and great privilege to promote Police Officer Didarul Islam to Detective First Grade.

Detective First Grade is one of this department’s most respected honors — a symbol of trust, excellence, and the kind of judgment others depend on.

And while Detective First Grade Didarul Islam didn’t have the time to walk that full path, he embodied those qualities and more — steadiness, selflessness, and a commitment to serve.

May his memory be a blessing.

[State of New York @NYGov]

u didn't forget... right???

[Adrian F. Pascal 🇻🇦 @deusimpera]

They played Hans Zimmer’s Interstellar soundtrack in Cologne Cathedral.

Surreal.