'The Titanic has basically been in popular culture since the night it sank.'
June 22, 2023, 3:50 PMXavier Desmier/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Imageswhile on a voyage to see the Titanic wreckage this week has highlighted a high-risk, experimental and exclusive tourism opportunity to see what is largely considered to be the most famous shipwreck of all time.
"The Titanic has basically been in popular culture since the night it sank," Robert Thompson, founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University, told ABC News, who noted that the first movie about the Titanic -- a silent film -- was released a month after it sank but has since been lost.
"If you went out on the street right now and mentioned other shipwrecks, the ones people remember are those that somehow got converted from history and journalism … to some kind of timeless experience via films, televisions, novels, musicals," Thompson said. "They were all important stories, but how they're remembered depends on how they were packaged.
Cameron's 1997 blockbuster and the 100th anniversary of the sinking in 2012 have been other key moments, he said.Cbs Photo Archive/CBS via Getty Images, FILE "Each time I got something new, I learned a little something new about the ship and it kept pulling me in each time," Sopin said. "I've learned that Titanic goes out in so many different directions -- the building of the ship, the advertising, the ship itself, the passengers, the crew, wireless radio, the postal carriers. I mean, just so many different intriguing stories, that it's really hard not to get passionate about the ship.
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