therightfangirl | Regarding "Lost" characters... (Reply)

For those following "Lost": I wasn't sure whether to be happy or not when Sawyer divulged in the latest episode that he has never voted Democrat. On the one hand, I like Sawyer, so I'm pleased enough; but on the other hand, he's meant to be a jerk and a bigot and a criminal, so I'm wondering if they're just playing into stereotypes there--gun-totin' Southern a**hole, woohoo!

Then again, if Boone is the show's example of a liberal (Shannon said he was a liberal in another episode) then that side's not represented very ideally either. :)

Then there's Sayid: it is pretty respectable of the writers to face the truth that, yes, Saddam's Republican Guard tortured and killed people all the time; and I admire that they included a character who is sorely troubled by having done so, and now hangs out with the Western-world democrats (small "d", of course).

Could well be that we have an almost politically balanced TV mainstream drama here. You think? Dare I hope? Discuss.