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Watched that 2 days ago and was edcuated as well as entertained.
The racism aspect was while not surprising was stronger than expected.
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Futility Closet did an episode on this a while back 
i’ve since forgotten most of the details but figured i’d post it here in case anyone here wanted to listen to their breakdown of the events
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Caitlin Doughty is an international treasure.
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I highly recommend an excellent book on this subject. This book is right up there with Skeletons on the Zahara for real life horror stories well told.
https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Sea-Tragedy-Whaleship-Essex/dp/0141001828
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I mean… Are we pretending that a huge Hollywood movie called In The Heart of the Sea didn’t come out just a few years ago?
A hollywood film often gets history wrong in favor of a cleaner, more effective narrative.
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“Call me Ishityounot.”
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Caitlin’s version is better. No dreadful unfinished cgi ocean effects.
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Also, probably more historically grounded. She’s not a historian, but her videos on historical events tend to be grounded in actual historiography, because she actual puts in the time to do the research before putting these together.
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