rails 3.x pageless callback method - ruby-on-rails-3

I am working on integrating jquery pageless plugin with a rails application. The pageless plugin works seamlessly when i write out the javascript. The issue lies in trying to have a javascript method issued upon complete. What i am trying to accomplish is having a helper method to generate it, but it renders the javascript with quotes around my callback method which then generates an error in the javascript
Uncaught TypeError: Object reloadMasonry has no method 'call'
here is the helper method code
def pageless(total_pages, url=nil, container=nil) opts = {
:totalPages => total_pages,
:url => url,
:loaderMsg => 'Loading more results',
:loaderImage => image_path("load.gif"),
:complete => "reloadMasonry"
}
container && opts[:container] ||= container
javascript_tag("$('#masonry-container').pageless(#{opts.to_json});")
end
This is the produced javascript code
<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
$('#masonry-container').pageless({"totalPages":3,
"url":"/articles",
"loaderMsg":"Loading more results",
"loaderImage":"/assets/load.gif",
"complete":"reloadMasonry"});
//]]>
</script>
the javascript results in having quotes around the reloadMasonry callback function
reloadMasonry = function(){
$('#masonry-container').masonry('reload');
}
if i copy the exact javascript produced, and simply remove the double quotes around the javascript callback method ( reloadMasonry ) in this case, everything works seamlessly.
does anyone have any suggestions.

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