> 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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