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Last trip to the Abbey Have you noticed that in Hollywood films, wealthy characters are often nasty or idiotic, but poor characters are more likely to be salt-of-the-earth lovely? The 1997 film Titanic is a case in point. In reality there were inspiring stories of self-sacrifice from all classes in that tragic disaster, yet everyone from First Class is shown to be awful, and all the Third Class are portrayed as decent and honourable. I suppose few of us feel rich, so producers think we’re more l...

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