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Long silenced by a wish for due compensation, the Long Island Smoke Monster recently spoke out<\/a> about how Lost<\/em> producers ran amuck with a misleading caricature. Read more for the LISM’s belching, hickoried truth<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\nI was at the same Hamptons barbecue as J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof back in 2002, and it’s always been clear they based the Lost<\/em> smoke monster on me. Well, I have news for you–it’s a totally inaccurate depiction! I never said anything before because I thought the producers would eventually offer me something in exchange–like creative control over my own project, or even just a set visit in Hawaii. Wrong! So now that Lost is coming to an end, there are some things I want to get straight.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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