Vague JMMPOP Mission: Day 38 —[Man in White]–

Recording eighteen hours of static, it’s VJM!

Faithful readers, recently I was able to catch the 1997 movie Titanic airing on one of the stations. Yes, this record breaking, semi-historical disaster epic has been reduced to television syndication. Anyway, I watched it; because, well, being six at the time, my memories of it were mostly a blur. I was slightly disappointed that the car scene and the painting scene were much more tame than I thought they’d be.

But what I want to talk about is not Rose (slowly realizing that it’s a more common name than I thought) or Jack. Or even the boat itself, really. What I want to talk about is the man in white.

I first noticed the man when he helped Rose to her feet near the end of the movie. She and Jack had just jumped over the railing down to a lower part of the deck. Upon landing, she tripped. Out of nowhere, up walks a man with dark hair and white clothes. He helps her up and says something along the lines of “Let me help you miss,” and then rushes back into the crowd. I mention this man because, not only were his clothes all white (instead of a tuxedo that most the other passengers wore), but because he shows up again. He is a recognizable figure during the whole *spoiler* sinking *spoiler* because of his unique and one coloured clothing.

The man shows up in the background when Rose and Jack rush to the end of the boat; he is in the back, off to the side, pushing through the crowd along with them. He reaches the back railing just after Jack and Rose, and to hang onto the boat easier (it was *spoiler* sinking *spoiler* and sticking out of the water at about a 45 degree angle), he hops onto the other side, on top of the railing. He then takes out his flask of liquor and takes a sip, all while the main part of the movie (Jack and Rose) are three feet away. Because of his white clothes, he is easily spotted in distant wide shots of the boat. Shortly before the ship *spoiler* sinks completely *spoiler* the man is seen helping another man up onto the railing. The man in white is last seen standing, and bracing himself as the last of the ship *spoiler* sinks *spoiler*.

You gotta love it when film-makers stick to unnecessary continuity.

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Tomorrow’s Topic:
Christmas Eve

On the tenth day of Christmas my true love gave to me
Ten lords a-leaping
Nine ladies dancing
Eight maids a-milkin’
Seven swans a-swimming
Six geese a-laying
FIVE GOLDEN RINGS!
Four calling birds
Three French hens
Two turtle doves and
A partridge in a pear tree

{ Total:
1o Leaping Lords
18 Dancing Ladies
24 Milking Maids
28 Swimming Swans
3o Geese layers
3o Rings
28 Calling birds
24 Hens (French)
18 Doved Turtles
1o Partridge (in pear tree) }