# O Brother, Where Art Thou? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 2, 2001, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-brother-where-art-thou/79372 "2001-09-02T02:57:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bgo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@Bgo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bgo1)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-brother-where-art-thou/79372/1 "2001-09-02T02:57:04Z")
I thought this was the funniest movie I’ve seen in a long time, & was even funnier the second time I watched it. I especially liked the Delbert character. What’s everone else’s take on it? ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-brother-where-art-thou/79372/2 "2001-09-02T03:04:01Z")
I own it on DVD. I hadn’t seen it in the theaters, as usual I waited until it came out on DVD. I sat down to watch it, and the first time I sat through it, I didn’t like it. I sat down a few nights later and watched it with Bosciboytoy (thanks to whoever suggested that name :D) and I loved it! I now rank it amoungst my favorite movies ever. Plus, George Clooney ::swoon:: 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![seriousart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@seriousart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seriousart)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-brother-where-art-thou/79372/3 "2001-09-02T04:14:42Z")
Hey Bgo1, welcome to the boards. If your wondering why yopur not getting many hits here, it’s probably cause this was just chatted about a little while ago. You might want to do a quick search next time before you post a question to see if it may have already been discussed. The previous thread is here: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=79934](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=79934) And for the record, I loved the movie and the soundtrack as well. Looking forward to the Coen brother’s next one this fall. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-brother-where-art-thou/79372/4 "2001-09-02T12:39:42Z")
I believe it was one of the most underated movies of the year. One of my top 5 all time favs. ---
**Author:** ![thermalribbon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@thermalribbon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thermalribbon)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-brother-where-art-thou/79372/5 "2001-09-02T15:47:19Z")
If there was a Coen Brother cult, I think I would forsake my earthly posssesions and join, seeking truth and enlightenment. When Pete tells Delmar & Uly. that the reason he ratted on them “must’ve been on account of my Hogwallop blood” -referring back to his cousin’s earlier betrayal - that is pure genius in a movie full of such moments. The highest of praise! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-brother-where-art-thou/79372/6 "2001-09-02T16:05:15Z")
Firstly as a poster in good standing who is considering an active campaign for becoming a moderator in the **Cafe Society** forum (typo’s notwithstanding), I’d like to point out that that forum is where this thread belongs, and that you’d probably have more responses there as well. Secondly, being the entertainment pig that I am, acting as a virtual sponge in soaking up and devouring any and all things that may entertain me I can say unequivocably and without prejudice that I haven’t seen this movie yet. Is it any good? ---
**Author:** ![zuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9c0ed/32.png) [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-brother-where-art-thou/79372/7 "2001-09-02T16:14:56Z")
sweet jesus, as if imho wasn’t unneccesary enough, we now have cafe society. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-brother-where-art-thou/79372/8 "2001-09-02T16:29:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by zuma \* > \*\*sweet jesus, as if imho wasn’t unneccesary enough, we now have cafe society. \*\* Gosh, thanks for sharing, **zuma**. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-brother-where-art-thou/79372/9 "2001-09-02T16:41:23Z")
Say, **zuma** , you may consider another forum called, the rest of the friggin’ internet. Give it a shot if this place sucks so much. :wally: ---
**Author:** ![Bgo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@Bgo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bgo1)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-brother-where-art-thou/79372/10 "2001-09-02T16:55:11Z")
Excuse the hell outa me! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-brother-where-art-thou/79372/11 "2001-09-02T17:13:38Z")
Nothing for you to get upset about, **Bgo1**. You’re OP was right in this message board’s wheelhouse. I thought we were being friendly and helpfulin pointing out the search features and clearing up the forum topics. Although I did fail to welcome you aboard. – Welcome – – 🙂 – As far as complaining about the existence of a particular forum, well this isn’t the place for it. Nor is this the place for bitching out another poster, so I’m going to shut up now. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-brother-where-art-thou/79372/12 "2001-09-02T22:07:20Z")
Look, we’ve accidentally alienated a new poster… Damn! We’re in a tight spot! 😉 As to the OP, I loved the movie, especially the Klan doing marching band routines. Classic " Is that all Wollworths, or just that one?" ---
**Author:** ![WPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d26b3c/32.png) [@WPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WPL)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-brother-where-art-thou/79372/13 "2001-09-02T22:25:55Z")
This is a great film, and George Clooney was very good in it. But was anyone else reminded of that Howard Walthrop story - I think it was called “Twelve Tough Jobs” - that retold the story of Hercules in a Deep South, depression-era setting? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-brother-where-art-thou/79372/14 "2001-09-02T23:09:24Z")
Great movie… I didn’t ready Homer’s _Odyssey_ until I’d read James Joyce’s _Ulysess_ several times, and so my introduction to those archetypes was through an early 20th century Irish lens… I think of the Cohen bros. take on it as being more of an interpretation of Joyce than of Homer-- (The Cyclops, for example, had a lot of racist qualities that seemed more of a reference to Joyce’s “Citizen” than anything that came from Homer. I kept expecting the cigar in the eye, though I guess a flaming cross was more appropriate…) I’m listening to the soundtrack right now, it’s wonderful stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-brother-where-art-thou/79372/15 "2001-09-03T00:29:35Z")
MINOR SPOILERS!!! This movie may well go down as my favorite movie of _all_ time. I’ve already watched it twice during the labor Day weekend and may well watch it again tonorrow. It is so full of good moments and lines : - The expression on Delmar’s face when he finds out he’s eating horse stew. - “Damn! We’re in a tight spot!” - Every time George Clooney wakes up, he exclaims “My hair!” - “Oh, George, not the livestock.” - The incredible colors that the Coen Brothers filmed it in. - The more than incredible music. - Delmar’s expression after Pete discovers he won’t get out of prison until he’s 84 : “Well, I’ll only be 82!” - " I am the goddam Pater Familias!" - The Sirens. Woo-hoo! - I still get a chuckle on seeing Stephen Root as the radio station owner after seeing him in a similar role in “News Radio.” I keep wondering if that was done on purpose. And so many more. This movie should be shown non-stop at the Smithsonian for the work of art that it is. ---
**Author:** ![GENE\_STONER](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@GENE\_STONER](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GENE_STONER)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-brother-where-art-thou/79372/16 "2001-09-03T01:24:44Z")
I’ve seen it twice. It seemed funnier the second time. My favorite part was the hillbilly dancing by George Cloony. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-brother-where-art-thou/79372/17 "2001-09-03T01:53:46Z")
- " I am the goddam Pater Familias!" - " But yew ain’t Bona Fide!" It cracks me up to see his daughters feeding back his own vocabulary and speech patterns to his face. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-brother-where-art-thou/79372/18 "2001-09-03T01:54:47Z")
“Lots of _respectable_ people been run over by trains!” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-brother-where-art-thou/79372/19 "2001-09-03T03:30:50Z")
Great Movie, watched it twice on PPV. “Oh my God, the color guard is coloured!” ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-brother-where-art-thou/79372/20 "2001-09-03T05:13:01Z")
Having read mixed reviews, I had little desire to watch this when my parents rented it. After seeing it, I watched it again the next day and have since bought the DVD. I loved the music and I liked spotting the elements of the Odyssey as I recognized them. Was the man in the dark glasses meant to represent the devil? When Everett, Pete and Delmar pick up Tommy by the crossroads, he says he sold his soul to the devil. Tommy tells them the devil is a white man, with a dog and black voids for his eyes. “For that you traded your eternal soul?” “I wasn’t using it.”