| For his time, William Shakespeare wasn't
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| | a world unto itself separated from
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| considered all that hot a writer. His
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| | civilization, a Hobbesian state of nature
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| plays were thought to pander to the
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| | where life is nasty, brutish and short.
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| vulgar masses being at the same time the
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| | Thus it is human nature itself.By the
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| modern day equivalent of either Soap
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| | way, if you're a High School or College
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| Operas or Sit cons. Bob Denver's passing
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| | student looking for stuff to steal for a
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| made me wonder if in three or four
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| | term paper ... go ahead and steal this.
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| hundred years time Gilligan's Island
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| | None of these ideas are mine, anyways.
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| won't be considered the pinnacle of the
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| | And it's not really plagiarism if it's
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| Dramatic Arts, much as the Bard's plays
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| | already been copied from somewhere else
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| are considered now.Think about it: In
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| | in the first place, so feel free to use
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| three or four hundred years time, no one
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| | this all you want. What's that? Just a
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| will really understand twentieth century
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| | second .....Oh. I just found out it is
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| English, anymore than we understand
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| | plagiarism. I'm sorry. My Bad.There also
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| Elizabethan English. We think Shakespeare
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| | is the Religious interpretation of
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| is so great mostly because we don't know
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| | Gilligan's Island. This interpretation
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| what the hell they're friggin' talking
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| | has each of the cast-a-ways representing
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| about, you know, all those 'Hither's' and
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| | one of the seven deadly sins in a sort of
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| ' thee's' and 'yon's". So, we all pretend
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| | morality play. The Howells represent
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| we do and nod solemnly and praise the
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| | Greed, of course. The Skipper represents
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| 'beautiful' language when we really don't
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| | Gluttony, that one's obvious, too.
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| want to look stupid. Centuries from now
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| | Gilligan is Sloth ... I think. Ginger is
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| it will be the same with Gilligan's
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| | Vanity. The professor is pride, because
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| Island. Our descendents will be 'oohing'
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| | he's so pround of how smart he is and
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| and 'ahhing' over the beautiful language
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| | Mary Ann .... she doesn't seem so sinful,
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| of this show.As envisioned by creator
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| | but I know there was one that was
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| Sherwood Schwartz, Gilligan's Island was
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| | supposed to represent her.Bob Denver by
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| meant to be Social Commentary using the
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| | all accounts was a very intelligent and
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| metaphor of cast-a-ways trapped on an
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| | talented actor. You'd have to think that
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| island, each one of the cast-a-ways was
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| | it would take a genius to play the part
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| iconic of an American segment of society.
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| | of such a boob to perfection. Denver's
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| The interaction between the characters
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| | career, I have to believe, must have been
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| would be symbolic of the interaction in
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| | forever crippled by brilliance of his
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| our cultures. Thus, you have Mr. Howell
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| | character portrayal, such that he was
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| and his wife representing the American
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| | never offered another acting role of
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| Upper classes, The Skipper representing
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| | merit because he had forever captured
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| the working classes, The professor
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| | that one role to perfection, and was
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| representing the intelligentsia, Ginger
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| | condemned ever after to live in that
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| the entertainment sector, Mary Ann the
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| | twilight world of Conventions and Super
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| rural Midwest and Gilligan ... all of us.
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| | Market openings.Now, please remove your
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| Gilligan was the American Everyman.As
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| | hats and sit right back and you'll hear a
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| with The Tempest, the island setting
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| | tale, a tale of a fateful tripSteve
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| represented the deep psychological
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| | Sommers is the author of Breakfast with
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| underpinnings of the story. Here you have
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| | the Antichrist.
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