The name "Oedipus" is commonly associated with concepts of power, incest, and destiny due to Sophocles' enduring work Oedipus the King, but it is not a word that many Greek historians or students of literature would associate it with vegetables. In 2005, however, Jason Wishnow created exactly this strange association by directing an eight-minute stop-motion version of Oedipus the King in which all the characters were portrayed as different vegetables, speaking to each other in human voices and acting out the story. of the king of Thebes and his tragic fate. Videos like this one that portray ancient stories in a comedic light have some positive attributes including a broader audience base through the use of the Internet and a lighthearted, aesthetically pleasing distraction from potentially disturbing themes, but they also have many essential classical Greek qualities . literature is lost in conversion. Although representing the story of Oedipus through the medium of a vegetable film may be more entertaining than the original text for some audience members, this entertainment value comes at a high cost: the emotional attachment to the characters is lost, the dramatic setting of the ancient Grecia is wracked with multiple anachronisms, and many profound themes are downplayed or omitted to make way for the ultimate goal of comic relief. The obvious and intentional difference between Sophocles' original Oedipus and Wishnow's adaptation is the use of plant characters as opposed to real humans. While this may seem like an innocuous change, there are fairly large repercussions for how audiences empathize with and react to the characters and their ideas: by using potatoes, broccoli, tomatoes and cauliflower, Wishnow removes the human element that is arg. .....middle of paper......few common elements to share between the two. It is important to remember, however, that both works serve their respective purposes: the work presents scholars and students with moral and philosophical questions regarding a man's destiny and fitness to rule, while the vegetables wear costumes to entertain the internet users of the world. digital era. The tragic and comic versions play off each other: without the original tragedy, Vegetable Oedipus would have no basis for its puns and irony, and without Wishnow's adaptation, there would be no contrast or contrast with which to compare Sophocles' dark text. “Success” and “failure” are relative terms, and while it is clear that Wishnow failed to create a morally charged work that could be performed in 5th-century Athens, he may have succeeded in providing a humorous stab at the high point by Sophocles. famous creation.