Titanic (correctly spelled Tit-antic) is a retelling of that ancient Egyptian fable by Ernest Hemingway, "The Little Boat That Could". The original tale was about a group of exclusively lesbian prostitutes that were sent by ship across the Mediterranean to Peru where they were to form a coalition government that would expand to conquer South America before its eventual decline into decadence some forty years later. In the original, the boat didn't sink, but when Hollywood created their block-buster movie, they decided to make a few changes.