Hollywood version of Titanic ain't exactly true

Posted by RichAndPretty , Sun, Apr 15, 2012, 20:52:28

The true story of the Titanic, however, is quite different and as far as I know has never been told in a feature film. In Cameron's version, he depicts the wealthy as asserting their privilege over third-class passengers and crew so they could escape in lifeboats not made available to all, a depiction that plays on issues of class warfare and social inequality.

In many cases, the opposite was true, according to documented historical accounts that include real-life examples of rich passengers coming to the aid of the less fortunate. Writing in the March issue of the Christian publication, "Tabletalk," Dr. Harry L. Reeder, a Presbyterian minister in Birmingham, Ala., cites one such example of the selflessness of the rich and their sacrifices for the "lower classes." Dr. Reeder laments the missed opportunity by filmmakers to tell a far more dramatic and compelling story, the real story of the Titanic.

Reeder muses on the "amazing event" chronicled in historic accounts, in which, "Men of power and prestige sacrificed their lives for women and children of the lower class, many of whom were indentured servants, day laborers, and domestic workers. On this flotilla of self-absorption, self-sacrifice became a prevailing virtue during a crisis moment, and the powerful chose death that the powerless might receive life."

Reeder asks "Why?" and answers his own question: "...the undeniable influence of Christianity. The Christian virtue of self-sacrifice for the well-being of others and the biblical imperative for men to lay down their lives for women and children were chosen instead of self-preservation."

http://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2012/04/10/titanic_the_reality/page/full/

RAP

PS: But showing the rich to only think about themselves makes a much better story for Hollywood .... BEEP BEEP.

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