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Post the Twenty-First - Seven Deadly Sins
Jan. 8th, 2007 10:58 pmAnd I quote:
According to the book Inside Gilligan's Island by Sherwood Schwartz (St. Martin's Press, 1994), the creator of the show confesses that he purposely patterned the 'seven stranded castaways' after the seven deadly sins. He confesses that he didn't tell anyone until years after the show was over, because he thought that people would ridicule him for attributing such a serious theme to such a silly show. 'The Professor' - pride, 'Mr. Howell (the millionaire)' - greed, 'Ginger the movie star' - extravagance (later lust), 'Mary Ann' - envy, 'Mrs. Lovey Howell ' - thoughtless excess or gluttony, 'The Skipper' - wrath, and 'Gilligan' - sloth.
How cool is that! Gilligan's Island had these deep layers, and you thought they were just running away from the natives and making junk from coconuts.
Doogie Thought: Hey, do you like it? I made it entirely out of bamboo and coconut!
According to the book Inside Gilligan's Island by Sherwood Schwartz (St. Martin's Press, 1994), the creator of the show confesses that he purposely patterned the 'seven stranded castaways' after the seven deadly sins. He confesses that he didn't tell anyone until years after the show was over, because he thought that people would ridicule him for attributing such a serious theme to such a silly show. 'The Professor' - pride, 'Mr. Howell (the millionaire)' - greed, 'Ginger the movie star' - extravagance (later lust), 'Mary Ann' - envy, 'Mrs. Lovey Howell ' - thoughtless excess or gluttony, 'The Skipper' - wrath, and 'Gilligan' - sloth.
How cool is that! Gilligan's Island had these deep layers, and you thought they were just running away from the natives and making junk from coconuts.
Doogie Thought: Hey, do you like it? I made it entirely out of bamboo and coconut!
