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If Gilligan's Island were remade today...


Kevin Hart - Gilligan
Cedric the Entertainer - The Skipper
Neil Patrick Harris - The Professor
Brian Cox - Thurston Howell the Third
Helen Mirren - Lovey
Mila Kunis - Maryanne
Isla Fisher - Ginger

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Some character, maybe Mr. Howell, would need to be a Trump-like villain. There would also have to be a typhoon, or rising tide, that would be a teachable moment so the Professor could lecture about climate change. In spite of your black and gay cast members, there are no trans-sexuals, so the film would be condemned as insufficiently intersectional by woke Twitter mobs. Serious speeches would ensue at the Academy Awards, followed by knowing applause, with a closeup of Tom Hanks solemnly nodding his approval.

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It would be ruined by PC nuttery. The storm would be caused by global warming or something, the characters would be all PC approved. Boring.

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No reason to slam Hanks. He seems like a patriotic American.

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**transgender**

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what about a Biden-like villain that locks kids in cages. that would be better.

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I would actually like a Hart/Rock Gilligan's Island. And Cox/Mirren is a pretty good casting too.

I hate the rest though. It rings true. They would absolutely make the Professor gay. They would absolutely miscast both sex pots. Taylor Swift has the look (though I don't like her much) for Ginger. Isabela Moner/Merced is about as close as they'll get to Mary Ann.

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There were no black people on Gilligan's Island. Kevin Hart? Cedric? Neither one could pull off those roles.

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Racist! How dare you say anything demeaning about a POC?

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I thought there was talk about a new one or at least a movie. Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally as the Howells.Stephanie Hunt for Maryanne.

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Sounds like a bad idea. It was a different concept from a different time. I do not think it would work now.

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It was silly then, it would be even sillier now and not in a good way.

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Bill Nye the professor guy. Ginger would be a tranny. Skipper would be gay, and Gilligan would be his little buddy!

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