While Spielberg was 100% correct to change the ending for purposes of his film, I have recently re-discovered a small, quiet passage in Benchley’s Jaws, one which (I will now try to convince you) helps explain why the shark just . . . dies at the end of the novel.
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Read MoreIf we’re talking about the sharks in the stories as actual real sharks, then bizarrely there does appear to be a few claims that each Great White is part of the same big fishy family.
Read MoreThe term jump the shark wasn't coined because of Jaws, but the ensuing Jawsmania after the release of the Steven Spielberg shark classic may have played a part in feeding the media's continued fascination with sharks...which is how we end up with The Fonz literally jumping over a shark in Happy Days.
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