> Date sent: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 17:32:23 EST
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> Subject: Re: the Titanic
> In a message dated 98-02-24 12:12:01 EST, you write:
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> << The character Rose as a metaphor
> for all the women who are told that the ultimate and pinnacle of
> achievement is to become an ornament of some rich scum and who seek
> self-actualization and independence in a system that commodifies
> everything and turns people into things/commodities and things into
> personifications and power structures into "the natural/eternal order
> of things."
>
> Jim Craven >>
>
> shit, you mean i shouldn't try and find a rich husband? maggie coleman
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Response: Well, with a divorce rate of 50% and climing, and the fact
that the rich scum like that in the movie have expensive lawyers who
write airtight and highly restrictive pre-nuptials, probably the odds
are better in Vegas. ;-). Or, "a woman without a rich man is like a
fish without a bicycle"?
Jim Craven
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