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Message: [QUOTE="Parks Stephenson, post: 160854, member: 163522"] Or, to look at it another way... Cameron saved himself a lot of criticism by not delving too deeply into the lives of historical people. With fictional characters, he could delve as intimately as he wished without having someone in the audience claim that the colour of the woman's bloomers was wrong or that the man actually preferred the other brand of pomade. As it is, Cameron has attracted enough criticism for his portrayal of the secondary characters who were historical figures in his story. Can you imagine the what-for this list would give him if his central characters had been based on actual people? For him to portray any Titanic personality to the satisfaction of this group as a whole would be an impossible task. For that matter, we seldom agree amongst ourselves, even when we're not talking about the Californian. Even the venerated ANTR required fictional elements added to some historical figures in order to "fill out" its central characters. I would wager that not everyone on this list would agree with some of the resultant protrayals, either. I know that I have some reservations. It's difficult to please a group of Titanic enthusiasts. I don't envy the people who stick their neck out in an attempt to try. Parks P.S. There have been some aspects to the portrayal of certain characters, most notably Reiber's Captain Smith and Chairman Ismay, that are truly objectionable...I am speaking in generalities here and have no intention to assert that the fictionalisation of all of Titanic's historical characters on film has been justifiable in every respect. This issue, like so many others, can never really be defined in terms of black-and-white. [/QUOTE]

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