o brother where art thou was set in mississippi and florence, south carolina.
o brother where art thou was set in mississippi and florence, south carolina.
where is o brother where art thou set?
mississippi and florence, south carolina
the film is set in 1937 rural mississippi during the great depression. its story is a modern satire loosely based on homer's epic poem "the odyssey" that incorporates mythology from the american south. the title of the film is a reference to the preston sturges 1941 film "sullivan's travels", in which the protagonist is a director who wants to film "o brother, where art thou?", a fictional book about the great depression.
o brother, where art thou?
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blessed art thou is an oil-and-acrylic painting by american artist kate kretz. it depicts actress angelina jolie as the virgin mary, hovering in the clouds with her children above a wal-mart store.









































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the painting directs attention to the celebrity worship cycle: each participant in the cycle perpetuates it while pointing a finger somewhere else. the title of the painting, “blessed art thou”, is gotten from a line in the catholic prayer “hail mary”: “…blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb...”.
blessed art thou