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Amelia Earhart wouldn't remain such a compelling figure nearly 80 years after her (presumed) death if she weren't so attractive and if her bearing and manner didn't so strongly suggest a certain sapphic quality....She was a show-woman, for sure. She came along when both aviation and motion pictures were novel. She had the looks, she had the "presence," she had her finger on the pulse of her time.
Yes, and that's always part of it. Humans are attracted to what humans are attracted to and be it Earhart or Lindbergh, Clara Bow or Lady Gaga, Gable or Clooney or Hemingway, Ruth or Woods (before he imploded) - the look, the image, the attitude aligned to the cultural zeitgeist - combined with the talent - are and always will be part of what takes someone to that upper echelon of fame.
The surface stuff will only take you so far and, quite frequently, talent without the image will get you very far, but put the two together and that's when the special magic happens.
I set our DVR to record this special so I can watch it, but the skeptic in me thinks it's a little too "convenient" that a single photograph that allegedly shows Earhart, Noonan, and Earhart's airplane would suddenly be discovered so close to the 80th anniversary of her disappearance. ...
This would be my guess as well--at least half of the episode will be dedicated to re-telling Earhart's story with a number of "talking head experts" explaining why and how she was such a phenomenon, and the other half will be those same "experts" (and others thrown in for good measure) discussing the forensic examination of the photograph and whether or not they believe it has any merit.I am fully prepared to have this episode go the way of every Bigfoot episode ever aired. Lots and lots of repetitive historic shots, various interviews where the interviewee extrapolates but in actuality says nothing, culminating in no definitive answer at the end.
Lady B grew up on Kwajalein and any time something comes up about Amelia or the Marshall Islands, it gets DVR'd. Tried to get her to look at this thread but no go. At least she doesn't watch the Bigfoot stuff.
That is a really great article! I to am tired of TIGHAR, wish they would go away! With more and more companies mapping the ocean floor, her plane will be found. Look at the planes that have been brought up from the Great Lakes and Pacific Islands that are now flying, so her plane is out there.
Once and for all, there is no such thing as Bigfoot! I know, he gets most indignant when I bring up his foot size. He insist he is only a size 9-1/2!I am fully prepared to have this episode go the way of every Bigfoot episode ever aired. Lots and lots of repetitive historic shots, various interviews where the interviewee extrapolates but in actuality says nothing, culminating in no definitive answer at the end.
Only if the theory that she ran out of fuel and crash landed in the ocean is actually what happened. But if she and Noonan were captured by the Japanese military as this "newly discovered" photo suggests, it would have been in Japan's best interests to completely destroy the plane so there would be no physical evidence linking Japan to their disappearance....With more and more companies mapping the ocean floor, her plane will be found. Look at the planes that have been brought up from the Great Lakes and Pacific Islands that are now flying, so her plane is out there.
That is a really great article! I to am tired of TIGHAR, wish they would go away! With more and more companies mapping the ocean floor, her plane will be found. Look at the planes that have been brought up from the Great Lakes and Pacific Islands that are now flying, so her plane is out there.