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Juliet's tape

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Theories may be removed if ...

Stated as questions or possibilities (avoid question marks, "Maybe", "I think", etc).
More appropriate for another article.
Illogical or previously disproven.
Proven by canon source, and moved to main article.
Speculative and lacking any evidence to support arguments.
Responding to another theory (use discussion page instead).

This does not include responses that can stand alone as its own theory.
Usage of an indented bullet does not imply the statement is a response.

See the Lostpedia theory policy for more details.

Date Recorded

The video was shot when Ben was still held prisoner at The Swan.
If so then how did she know there would be an opportunity to show Jack and there would be surgery.

Purpose

It is also important to note that Juliet's cue cards say "Ben is a liar." Traditionally mockingbirds are used to represent liars, cheats, and pranksters - which is how Juliet is attempting to portray Ben in her video. Thus one could conclude that she chose the title of the movie in order to represent her overall plot to kill Ben.
- In "To Kill a Mockingbird", though, the main characters are told that to kill a mockingbird is a sin as they never harm anyone, just make music for everyone to enjoy. The mockingbird is represented by the character of Tom Robinson in the story, a black man (with the use of only one arm) who falls victim to racial prejudice.
The fact that the video was recorded with Juliet in the Others' main village means that this is part of a plan prepared before Jack, Kate, and Sawyer were taken to the Hydra station, assuming that Juliet has not been back to the Barracks since the capture.

Other Theories

There was a cameraman to shoot the video, since the camera zooms in. This indicates that if killing Ben is the real plan, Juliet is not the only one who wants Ben dead.
- This may well have been Richard as in The Brig he gave the impression that he was one of the others that "wanted change" when talking to Locke. This was further implied when both Richard and Tom did not defend Mikhail while Locke beat him. The reason that this happened could have been that both Richard and Tom "wanted change".
- The actual tape does not zoom in. The camera cuts to a close up of the Television to show only the cue cards. It is not the camera that shot Juliet's tape that is zooming in, it is the film camera that shot the episode that cuts in to a closer look of the television. So Juliet could have acted alone.

- The actual tape does zoom in! In the first shot Juliet is in full body (showing the whole TV) and in the next (still showing the whole TV) she is zoomed in. Compare with the lights next to her on her right, she is not just walking towards the camera either. Although in theory she could have zoomed in with a remote. But highly unlikely. This whole thing feels more like an error.
Karl filmed the video.
Alex filmed the video.

  * Alex wouldn't have filmed the video. She didn't hate Ben that much, as shown when Locke and Sawyer where about to kill him after he shot Charlotte.