What I'm trying to say here is that sit coms are a stylization of reality and not bound by the rules of verisimilitude.
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That Gilligan's Island piece will be extremely important and very well-cited, I'm sure.
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The Harlem Globetrotters only show up on 85% of desert islands, rather than the 100% that Gilligan's Island implies
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Harlem Globetrotters defeating Martin Landau-owned robots on a desert island is more common than you think.
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later highly over determined
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The difference is no one argues Gilligan's Island presents a serious depiction of being shipwrecked
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If you want a realistic representation of what it's like to be a chair, try the Green Knight.
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Have not yet watched The Chair, but over pancakes this morning,
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The Chair is a very funny satire of a particular conception of academia that exists largely in the public imaginary, but not in too many places outside of the northeast.
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I can think of a few places out West that definitely fit the bill.
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