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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has responded to an impassioned scene in the Titanic (1997) during his most recent flight across the USA.
The Prime Minister says he felt that the character Jack was subjecting himself to “needless anxiety” by making a big deal about being handcuffed to an internal water pipe on the lower deck in the early hours of the morning of the 15th of April 1912.
The Australian prime minister, was asked for his response to the in-flight movie, which questions the class warfare that raged in the final hours of the RMS Titanic’s final journey.
Morrison told reporters he acknowledged “how deeply people feel about this issue” but said the Titanic debate was replete with disinformation about the ship’s evacuation policies
“It often comes as news to people when I share with them that the Titanic had the highest per capita investment in emergency lifeboats than any other boat in the world,” Morrison said.
“I mean, obviously they were veryyyy fancy lifeboats, and there was only enough for the boat deck passengers, but still they tipped a fair bit of coin into em”
“I do understand that passengers felt strongly about this, but I think we also have to take stock, we have to ensure we get a proper context and perspective,” Morrison said.
“I want lower deck cruise ship passengers feel positive about their future, and I think it is important we give them that confidence that they will not only have a wonderful trip, but they also might fall in love with an unrealistically well-to-do woman who is engaged to Billy Zane”
“I don’t want our children to have anxieties about being handcuffed below sea-level well after the ship has hit an iceberg and is in the final throws of evacuation before everyone drowns at sea in below-freezing temperature”
