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This is the Conversation Forum for The Wreck of the Whaleship Essex << Charles Ramsdell Ooopps >> Subject: On TV Posted Feb 6, 2002 by Frankie Roberto   Posting 1 The story of the whaleship Essex was on tv last night (Moby Dick). It was kinda gruesome, and they seemed to focus quite strongly on the whole cannibalism thing... Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: On TV Posted Feb 7, 2002 by Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 I didn't care very much for the way it was handled on TV to be honest. They were obviously using Philbrick's excellent 'In the Heart of the Sea' as the basis of their piece, but were to cheap to get him involved. I felt they denied the humanity of most of the men involved by not even naming them, and over exaggerated the effects on the men themselves, by failing to point out how soon most of them went back to sea. And their is no evidence at all about Coffin's mothers attitude to Pollard. She *is* known to have told a visitor that "We do not speak of the matter" but that probably indicated the reaction of the community as a whole not wanting to rake up old bones. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: On TV Posted Feb 7, 2002 by Frankie Roberto This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 Interesting... Well I wasn't watching closely enough to pick up on those details (it was kinda on in the background). Had some nice helicopter footage though... I think it was shot in Iceland. Frankie Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: On TV Posted Feb 7, 2002 by Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 In the background was probably the best place for it, I'm afraid. I was very dissapointed. Conversation list Most of the content on h2g2 is created by h2g2's Researchers, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click on the relevant button to alert our Moderation Team. Conversation list

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