Editing 2910: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Created by ONE OF THE FBI'S MOST WANTED, FOR CRIMES AGAINST SHIPPING - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
− | + | The comic features [[Cueball]] performing a {{w|narrative song}}, which parodies {{w|Gordon Lightfoot}}'s song '{{w|The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald|The Wreck of the ''Edmund Fitzgerald''}}' This song, which was one of the most recognizable and successful of Lightfoot's career, recounts the fate of the {{w|SS Edmund Fitzgerald|SS ''Edmund Fitzgerald''}}, a {{w|Great Lakes}} freighter which famously sank during a storm on {{w|Lake Superior}}, resulting in the deaths of the entire crew. | |
− | Cueball's song begins with lyrics based on the original song (though | + | Cueball's song begins with lyrics based on the original song (though heavily modified), but quickly shifts into a (completely fictional) account of Lightfoot deciding bribe a a mechanic to sabotage the ship, implicitly causing the disaster for the purpose of writing a song about it. |
− | In real life, the | + | In real life, the reason for sinking on {{w|Lake Superior}} is still unknown, but it's speculated that the ship's hull broke up in the rough waters of a storm.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIg90sVSwSE] Lightfoot wasn't involved with the ship at all, and devoted considerable time, effort, and money to the families of the disaster's victims.[https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/the-ship-sank-all-over-again-families-of-victims-in-wreck-recall-gordon-lightfoot/article_8cb6b84d-5576-5344-ba20-d5b06e3370d9.html] In addition, while the parody presents Lightfoot as desperate for a career-making song, he was already internationally famous, with multiple hits, when the wreck occurred. |
− | As a punchline, the verse goes on to | + | As a punchline, the verse goes on to "reveal" that another even greater maritime disaster, the {{w|Sinking of the Titanic|sinking of the RMS ''Titanic''}}, was caused by director {{w|James Cameron}} implying that he did so in order to make a {{w|Titanic (1997 film)|film about it}}. While the tale of Lightfoot causing the first disaster is theoretically feasible (the song came out only a few months after the accident), the second tale clearly is not. The ''Titanic'' sank in 1912, 85 years before the film was made, and over 40 years before Cameron was even born. |
The title text continues this particular cycle by suggesting that an even bigger potential disaster was orchestrated {{tvtropes|RecycledInSpace|in space}}, as the real life basis for yet another film, ''{{w|Armageddon (1998 film)|Armageddon}}''. | The title text continues this particular cycle by suggesting that an even bigger potential disaster was orchestrated {{tvtropes|RecycledInSpace|in space}}, as the real life basis for yet another film, ''{{w|Armageddon (1998 film)|Armageddon}}''. | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:[Cueball is holding a guitar and singing on a pier. Two pairs of connected eighth notes are on the left and right of Cueball, as well as a detached eighth note on his right. Three seagulls fly in the background on his left. Four pillars of the pier and the water below it are also shown. Throughout the comic, alternate pairs of lines of the song are indented as indicated below.] | :[Cueball is holding a guitar and singing on a pier. Two pairs of connected eighth notes are on the left and right of Cueball, as well as a detached eighth note on his right. Three seagulls fly in the background on his left. Four pillars of the pier and the water below it are also shown. Throughout the comic, alternate pairs of lines of the song are indented as indicated below.] | ||
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::captain well seasoned | ::captain well seasoned | ||
− | :[Zoom on Cueball | + | :[Zoom on Cueball, without the pier, water, and seagulls. A pair of connected eighth notes to his right, a half note and a detached eighth note to his left.] |
:Cueball: | :Cueball: | ||
:But taking a walk on | :But taking a walk on | ||
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::''Edmund Fitzgerald'' | ::''Edmund Fitzgerald'' | ||
− | :[Zoom back to second panel | + | :[Zoom back to second panel. A pair of connected eighth notes to Cueball's right, a separated eighth note and a pair of connected eighth notes to his left.] |
:Cueball: | :Cueball: | ||
:Perhaps it was wrong, | :Perhaps it was wrong, |