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On July 30, 1945 the U.S.S. Indianapolis Was Torpedoed—Where Was Quint?
The emerging field of Quint scholarship suggests that maybe Quint was not even aboard the doomed U.S.S. Indianapolis when it was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945. How could he otherwise have misrepresented, by a month and … Continue reading
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Tagged Guam, Hiroshima, indianapolis, Leyete Gulf, quint, Tinian, verdugo huut
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June 29: Icthyology Numerology
A lot of things happened on both Tinian and Amity Islands on June 29. Let us help you make some sense of it. If history is written by the victor, then we do not know whom to trust in the … Continue reading
Posted in All That Jaws, Movie
Tagged brody, gaffes, Hiroshima, indianapolis, June 29, kintner, movie, quint, vaughn
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July 6: Farewell And Adieu, Bruce
It was the best Fourth of July Amity (which, as you know, means “friendship”) had ever had, until Estuary Victim was gobbled. The bright side was that Mayor Vaughn’s kids were on that beach, too, so he did something he … Continue reading
July 5: The Voucher
Never has a voucher played so pivotal a role in a movie. Do you remember a voucher in “Amelie,” “The Godfather,” “Koyaanisqatsi”? No. Only “Jaws” has the cinematic heft to feature a single, folded piece of paper with the words … Continue reading
Larry Vaughn 2016
Let’s make a case for Larry Vaughn in 2016. We need a candidate who acts in our best interest, who is a coalition builder, who doesn’t traffic in fearmongering, who seeks proof, who is decisive, who admits mistakes, and whose … Continue reading
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Tagged chief brody, estuary victim, Matt Hooper, mayor larry vaughn, quint, vaughn for president
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At Least “We Dropped the Bomb”
They were all drinking a lot of apricot brandy that night, so maybe Quint can be forgiven, but the Captain of the Orca claimed to have been on the doomed U.S.S. Indianapolis when it was attacked by a Japanese sub, … Continue reading
Freezer Full of Meat And Booze: An 8-Day Amity Island Diet
Amity Island, like Brigadoon or King Arthur’s Avalon, is a place out of time that is powered by summer dollars and magical realism. But an Islander’s gotta eat — and not some license plate he found in a river. As … Continue reading
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Tagged ellen brody, falstaff beer, Matt Hooper, mayor larry vaughn, narragansett beer, quint
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Mating mates: Just a theory I happen to agree with
The mates of Ben Gardner and Quint are seen briefly, say nothing, and disappear. But not in the jaws of a Great White Shark; into the arms of each other. How else to get out from under the shadow cast … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Kintner, Ben Gardner, brody, Len Hendricks, Matt Hooper, Pippet, quint
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Frank Mundus will never put on a lifejacket again
Shark fisherman Frank Mundus, who said that his exploits inspired Peter Benchley’s Quint character, died of a heart attack last week in Honolulu.
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Tagged inspiration, passages, peter benchley, quint
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Drinking to our appendices
Perhaps the greatest intellectual debate (aside from this one) of our age is upon us.