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The politics of…Gilligan’s Island? No, really!

What ‘Gilligan’s Island’ creator Sherwood Schwartz was saying about democracy

"Sherwood Schwartz,  who died Tuesday at the age of 94 (July 12th) , will
not be remembered as one of television’s innovative geniuses. But  he did
create two of the most popular shows in TV history, “Gilligan’s Island”
and “The Brady Bunch.” And he did something rare: He made people laugh,
even in reruns.

But what did the sitcom king have in common with the French thinker
Alexis de Tocqueville? 

Answer: They both were interested in  democracy in America."

Really! And we all watched just to laugh, not get an education in political theory. Read it!

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~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

This was written by Curtis in /\/\onTana! {=-{>. Posted on Sunday, July 31, 2011, at 3:01 pm. Filed under Politics. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Post a comment or leave a trackback.

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