Monday, June 02, 2008

Jeremy Bentham

Am I the only one completely obsessed with the Jeremy Bentham situation? I mean, what in the WORLD is going on!? The small coffin? Where did the island go? I can't keep track of Jack's beard and how it relates to the passage of time, and JEREMY BENTHAM!? (Who in real life was a 19th century animal rights activist whose body was creepily preserved following his death.)

(Oh, if you don't understand a word I've written here, bless your stars that you aren't haunted by every moment of "Lost," because as it is, I'm covering my mirrors in black drapery and lighting candles in memory of an imaginary freighter on a television show.)

5 comments:

Motormouth said...

Jeremy Bentham was also the inventor of the panopticon, a prison where the prisoners were always visible by the guards, although the prisoners themselves could never know whether they were being watched. The structure was never built, but later, Michel Foucault compared modern society to the panopticon in his book "Discipline and Punish."

If my husband wasn't a big smarty pants I wouldn't know this. :)

Steph said...

I'm STILL dying!!!! WAIT - have you seen the whole season finale- I'll refrain from saying what I think until we get the go ahead. Just know that I am equally consumed!!!

Mrs. Whoozyer said...

Lost is such a mindf*&k. Are they going to go all "Weekend at Bernies" on us?

Shaken Mama said...

I should have clarified -- yes, I've seen all the episodes now. I'm all caught up. And Weekend at Bernies -- YES! First with Christian Shepherd, then chess with Mr. Eko, and everyone else Hurley sees -- and now this. People.

DoulaDee said...

Just got back from Vacation...and of course I had to catch up.

Of course I'm keeping up! You have me gafawing in my chair!!!

Hugs!