![]() ![]() Navigation: use the links below to view more comments. KEYWORDS: 7deadlysins gilligansisland sevendeadlysins Some have even speculated that the castaways were in Hell and Gilligan (who always wore red!!!!!) did everything he could to ensure they stayed there making Gilligan "Satan."Īnd you thought it was just a silly show! ![]() I'm sure you can attribute the sins to the proper characters but here they are: Sherwood Schwartz, the creator of Gilligan's Island, said he patterned the seven stranded castaways after the seven deadly sins but he didn't admit it until years later in his book about the show. If I described to you a hit television show with deep Christian underpinnings and hidden meanings about a bunch of people being stranded on a strange island which had some audience speculating that the characters were in "Hell," what show would you say we were discussing? In real life they got screwed too.Skip to comments. I believe they ended up in purgatory as a result of their individual vices. My theory is that the passengers of the S.S. The show is really old and Im just going to offer general references. That's right, Mary Ann's only options, just like the common man she represents, was to be screwed by the government.Īs for our heroes in real life, they got no residuals for their work. Gilligans Island I wont post any spoiler warnings. Poor Mary Ann!Romantically Mary Ann's choices were limited-the Skipper or Gilligan. While it seemed that Ginger helped, Mary Ann seemed to do most of the cooking. She represents the common person who does all the work. Neither she nor the professor were important enough to be mentioned in the first season's theme song. In any event I always picture her meeting up in the jungle with the professor. My blogging predecessor suggested that Ginger represents the propaganda machine. The government always messes everything up. This is natural as the Skipper and Gilligan are the authority figures, the government, on the island. He will get them off the island! But the Skipper and Gilligan seem to always mess everything up. The professor represents old-fashioned American ingenuity. ![]() What is weird is that every other castaway gives then deference even though on the island there is no reason for it. ![]() The Howes are always ready to provide advice as long as no work is involved. The wealthy actually do a lot more than is realized, but often stereotypes have some basis in reality. Everyone seems to have brought along a lot of possessions for a three hour tour-the Howes especially. They never actually seem to do anything, and he seems to always have an alcoholic drink with a straw. (It is dumb enough to be true.)īut the analogies are so obvious they could not have been intended.įirst there is the millionaire, and his wife. No, No, that can't be right, no TV show would do that! Nor do I think Sherwood Schwartz's explanation that the show is a metaphor for international relations is valid, if he really said this. But I doubt that each islander represents one of the seven deadly sins. Maybe the castaways were actually dead and in hell. I even saw an author interviewed on his book on the subject. As you can see, others have had this thought too. They seem to be a metaphor for the mess we are in. Hearing my daughter play the theme from Gilligan's Island over and over again as she practices piano has led me to consider the hapless castaways. ![]()
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