"Don't Tell Me What I Can't Do!"
When I was a teenager, I spent a lot of time watching LOST (like most other TV fanatics my age). One of the scenes that always stuck with me was introduced quite early on in the show’s six-season run. John Locke is shown in a flashback, having flown to Australia to participate in a walkabout (think Bear Grylls without the staging). If you’ve never watched the show, Locke was paralysed from the waist down before he crash-landed on the island – thus, he’s in a wheelchair in this scene. Throughout the few episodes building up to it, we’re given a glimpse of how passionate Locke is about attending this walkabout. From what we know of him, he’s a badass, and he would thrive in this environment. So, the big bad guy in charge takes one look at him, and he tells him he can’t go, that he “misrepresented” himself. And Locke pleads with him, but this guy’s having none of it. Then Locke starts repeating this phrase, over and o...
