‘Percy Jackson’ takes on the Greek gods – and Hollywood
The main character in the streaming version of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” might be the son of Poseidon, but he still has a thing or two to learn from his mortal mother.
In a scene that does not appear in the popular book series, he and Sally Jackson stand before a statue of his namesake Perseus, who holds the severed head of Medusa. For Percy, the math is easy: Medusa is a villain, and Perseus is a hero. But Mom offers another view.
“Not everyone who looks like a hero is a hero, and not everyone who looks like a monster