Quote Originally Posted by lastlid View Post
And yes, such a wider chasm is our society in those days where a 1st class ticket was more likely to gaurantee your survival.... I dont see the Titanic as just a disaster movie in the same way as I dont just see it as a love story. It has many facettes to it.
Oh, undoubtedly, ... last week's episode gave some insight into the lives of those 3rd Class passengers [called "Steerage"] bound for New York's Ellis Island in search of (what they hoped) would provide them and their families with improved living standards. Alas, almost all of these poor people hadn't a cat's chance in hell of survival after the vessel collided with the iceberg.