The Seven Deadly Sins of Gilligan's Island theory is quite simple.
Each of the seven characters on the island represents each of the seven
deadly sins. Now, this theory seems to fit upon initial inspection, there
are technical difficulties when you get down to THE MAN himself, Gilligan.
Run with me on this one....
Most obvious is the Professor, who fits PRIDE to a T. Any man who can make
a ham radio out of some wire and two coconuts has to be pretty cocky. (His
character was later revised and given a series of his own, called
"MacGyver.")
For the sin of ENVY we need look no further than Mary Ann, who may have
worn those skimpy little tops, but could never achieve Ginger's glamour. (As
an interesting and completely irrelevant side note, a nationwide survey of
college students a few years ago revealed that the professor and Mary Ann
were voted the most likely couple to have 'done it' on the island.)
And who could doubt for a moment that Ginger is LUST incarnate? Sure, the
kids were supposed to think she was ACTING, but we all know what being
deprived episode after episode was doing to her. You know and I know that
glazed look wasn't boredom, my friends.
What kind of person takes a trunk full of money on a three-hour cruise?
Mr. Howell gets my vote for GREED.
We are now left with three characters and three Deadly Sins. We have
Gilligan, the Skipper and Mrs. Howell to whom we must match GLUTTONY, SLOTH
and ANGER. As you can see, there is a Gilligan problem here. Certainly we
can further eliminate Mrs. Howell from this equation by connecting her with
SLOTH. She did jack during her many years on the island and everybody
knows it.
This leaves ANGER and GLUTTONY, either of which the Skipper had no
shortage. He was, after all, a big guy with the tendency to hit Gilligan with
his hat at least once an episode. After much consideration, I have decided
that he can easily do double-duty, covering the two remaining Deadly Sins.
So here we have the Seven Deadly Sins trapped in an endlessly recurring
Hell of hope followed by denial and despair, forced to live with each other
in our TVs until the last re-run ends. And who is their captor? What keeps
them trapped there? Gilligan.
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