Finally got into EPIC: The Musical after a whole year of refusing to partake out of spite because people kept telling me about it. And you know, it's one thing to know the story of The Odyssey and have a lot of the historical context for what were likely not part of the story in Mykene, since it was transcribed so many years and generations and iterations of the Gods later than it would have actually happened. Like, the context that at the time The Odyssey took place Poseidon was the King God as well as the Sea God, with dread Persephone, Goddess of the Underworld (Haides, as far as we know, does not exist in Mykenean times and was likely split from Poseidon, resulting in Persephone's demotion), as his wife, plus the Seirenes (Sirens) being her hand maidens really makes you look at his adventure through the Underworld very differently. But goodness gracious me, listening to someone act out the story through music just makes you really think about everything Odyssios went through. Like, yeah, he's a war criminal, every single participant of the Trojan War is, but damn EPIC really makes you root for him. There are some changes I understood less than others, but overall very fun. 10/10, I understand why it's so popular.
