6 Monsters

Lulu – the devil – is Tina Louise in Gilligan’s Island.

Manipulative, in a sweet way. Selfish, in a sweet way. Sweet, in a sweet way. Not only does she have it all – she works it well. We tolerate her for the same reason we tolerated Ginger – Ginger loved Gilligan as a little girl loves a wounded sparrow. And she watched out for him the way a big sister would. Which doesn’t mean she wouldn’t do everything she could do to get Gilligan’s water ration when she was thirsty. But let anyone else come after Gilligan’s water ration, and she would become an impenetrable force field between the attacker and the water.

Lulu has the same relationship with Roy. Big as he is, Roy is rather defenseless and gullible. She talks to Cathy as though Cathy is the naïve younger girl who will learn from her world-weary pal Lulu, but Cathy is wise to ignore her, because Lulu’s advice is based on Lulu. It could never work for Cathy, and Cathy knows it. Lulu is incorrigibly selfish. She is surprisingly generous. She is a complete enigma. Which makes her fascinating.

WHAT SHE WANTS: Everything she wants.

–Fred & Alan