The Gilligan Manifesto

Name: The Gilligan Manifesto
Genre: Documentary
Released: November 16, 2018
Duration: 85 min
Cast: Dawn Wells, Rennie Davis, Russell Johnson, Sherwood Schwartz

2018

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| Release Date: November 16, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Dawn Wells, Rennie Davis, Russell Johnson, Sherwood Schwartz

Summary: At the height of the Cold War, Gilligan's Island 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, revealAt the height of the Cold War, Gilligan's Island 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.

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Director: Cevin D. Soling

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 85 min

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Michael Rechtshaffen

It might have made for an inspired college paper thesis, but as a documentary, The Gilligan Manifesto, which attempts to draw a direct link between “Gilligan’s Island” and the Communist Manifesto, is conceptually shipwrecked well before completing its one-and-a-half-hour tour. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Nov 29, 2018

Strictly for the most obsessive fans of the series, The Gilligan Manifesto mainly demonstrates the pitfalls of intellectuals having too much time on their hands. Read full review

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