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Deconstructing Gilligan

With lines like "Gilligan! Drop those coconuts!", a ship called the S.S. Minnow, and the regular appearance of loincloth-clad natives, Gilligan's Island had just about everything a sitcom needs. But according to cultural critic Lewis Napper, there's more complexity to Gilligan's Island than you probably ever imagined. In his essay "Here On The Island," Napper presents an insightful critique of the Sherwood Schwartz classic, and explains the island's metaphor for western civilization, as well as the castaway's tragic blindness to the fact that they are "the masters of their own density." An intelligent and engaging read--you may never look at prime time the same way again.

Fri, 14 Jan 2000 05:53:19 -0800