On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:32:32 -0400, <john@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> The way Lost works is a constant flipping of Friend & Foe.
>
> Jack's the Sensible Leader, until, all of a sudden Mystic Locke might
> have a point that Jack is missing.
>
> then we meet Ben, who tell us he's Henry Gale, and is later exposed as
> the head Other.
>
> Desmond was considered a foe, and he became more of a friend.
>
> The flashbacks constantly make us re*****s who these people are, and
> why they did what they did. For any given character, it's like the
> Russian Matryoshka dolls, with Friend inside of Foe, inside of Friend
> inside of Foe.
>
> So, that makes me think at some point, maybe the Big Bad Widmore will
> be exposed as a friend in some way.
>
> The ultimate flip (at this point, anyway) is of course if Penny's Evil
> Dad is revealed to be working for the Good.
>
Or wait until Penny shows up on the island toting a whip and dressed in a
black leather corset.
But I think it is more about shades of grey and peoples motives being
complex, resulting in an outside observer declaring a person is good/bad
or black white.
I am not discounting real evil, because I think it does exist. But between
good and evil lies many motives, desires and drives that push people to
do, what they do, for reasons they can justify.
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http://www.lostdude.com
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