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I think that this was their attempt to be racially sensitive.
I normally choke up like a bitch at anything remotely slave-trade related, and I was heading there with this final moment, and then all the Western names started up, and all I could think was "what? where did these slaves come from? are they relocating US slaves?"
And it totally blew what's usually surefire for me.
Yeah, I didn't say that it was a good attempt.
The Western names totally took me out of the story too.
See, I totally thought the slaves would have had Western names given to them by the English before they put them on the boats. I can't imagine that slave traders would have known or valued African names.
They wouldn't get named until they were sold, and usually wouldn't happen until they hit their destination. Until then, not valued enough to be named. Remember, they'd toss a chainlinked series of mostly living slaves off the ship if a few of them died of disease. You don't go around naming chattel like that.
I'm not sure, also, when the ship was to have sunk, but surnames were a relatively late development for unfreed slaves.
She's dating Diego Serrano??? I love that guy.
Yeah, that's my takeaway.
Burn Notice: Huh! Tank from the Matrix. Interesting casting. Marcus Chong's wiki page says that he has written a novel based on his experience in the Matrix, crossed with Alexandre Dumas. Again, I say, huh.
Oh, how I loved the end of Castle this week.
"It's 9 o'clock on a Saturday...."
Castle makes me happy.