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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 217586" data-attributes="member: 23">I&#039;ve been re-reading the Bloomsbury Guide to Jaws for the umpteenth time (had my original copy over 20 years now). It&#039;s a great book. Full of insight, wry observations and (less happily) a number of misquoted lines.The author isn&#039;t a fan of the 4th July beach scenes which begin with the montage of tourists arriving and involve the kids with the fin and the pond scene. He makes some good arguments, but what really popped out at me this time round was the following:Even disregarding the infamous cut scene of him being taken off in the shark&#039;s mouth while holding onto young Michael, there are good reasons to assume he died: the fact that he was practically in the shark&#039;s mouth; the leg amputated at the femoral artery; the sheer volume of blood that appears on the surface of the water after he goes under; the aftermath featuring Michael being brought to safety but no sign of Ted. Even if quickly brought to shore, it&#039;s a safe bet that he&#039;d have died almost immediately of exsanguination and shock.All the same, it hadn&#039;t previously occurred to me that Ted Grossman&#039;s character might have survived the attack. And it&#039;s true, there isn&#039;t definitive proof of his death. It&#039;s a sobering thought that he might have shown up in one of the sequels with a Quint-type grudge against sharks. Perhaps even with a wooden leg made out of the remains of his rowing boat.
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[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 217586, member: 23"] I've been re-reading the Bloomsbury Guide to [I]Jaws[/I] for the umpteenth time (had my original copy over 20 years now). It's a great book. Full of insight, wry observations and (less happily) a number of misquoted lines. The author isn't a fan of the 4th July beach scenes which begin with the montage of tourists arriving and involve the kids with the fin and the pond scene. He makes some good arguments, but what really popped out at me this time round was the following: Even disregarding the infamous cut scene of him being taken off in the shark's mouth while holding onto young Michael, there are good reasons to assume he died: the fact that he was practically in the shark's mouth; the leg amputated at the femoral artery; the sheer volume of blood that appears on the surface of the water after he goes under; the aftermath featuring Michael being brought to safety but no sign of Ted. Even if quickly brought to shore, it's a safe bet that he'd have died almost immediately of exsanguination and shock. All the same, it hadn't previously occurred to me that Ted Grossman's character might have survived the attack. And it's true, there isn't definitive proof of his death. It's a sobering thought that he might have shown up in one of the sequels with a Quint-type grudge against sharks. Perhaps even with a wooden leg made out of the remains of his rowing boat. [CENTER] [IMG]https://i1.wp.com/bloody-disgusting.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/hawww.jpg?w=709&ssl=1[/IMG] [img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48284084212_17d41c3a12_o.jpg[/img] [/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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