The Gilligan Manifesto (2018)

The Gilligan Manifesto: Directed by Cevin Soling. With Dawn Wells, Russell Johnson, Sherwood Schwartz, Jim Backus. At the height of the Cold War, Gilligan’s Island (1964) depicted seven Americans living in an analogue of a post-apocalyptic world where the survivors have to rebuild civilization. Remarkably, the society they create is pure communist. Interviews with the show’s creator and some of the surviving actors, as well from professors from Harvard, reveal that Gilligan’s Island was deliberately designed to be dismissed as low brow comedy in order to celebrate Marxism and lampoon Western democratic constructs.

“Gilliganu0026#39;s Island was once a massively popular television program way back in 1960u0026#39;s America. At the time it was viewed as a silly screwball comedy.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut according to this documentary the subliminal message throughout the series is that u0026#39;in order to surviveu0026#39; a communal (communist ideals) society must be paramount.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf you bother to watch this docu I believe you will find it difficult to argue with the writer/directors (Cevin Soling) insight into the foundation of this show. He makes his point clear considering the clash of The Cold War between the US and USSR.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMost viewers will find it preposterous. But those who bother to read history will find it meaningful and entertaining.”