 The Broadway musical presents a considerably embellished version of the real Margaret Brown's exploits; it portrays her taking command of a "Titanic" lifeboat and keeping the survivors in her charge going with bravado and her pistol.The writer Steven Biel notes that "Molly Brown" plays on American stereotypes of resilience and exceptionalism with a hint of isolationism.It was made into a film of the same title in 1964, starring Debbie Reynolds.