Subject: Re: Has Lynch Blown It?
From: riacmt@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu (Carol Miller-Tutzauer)
Date: 1990-10-03, 09:28
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks
Reply-to: riacmt@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu

In article <38736@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>, v101pyrw@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Michelle L Zafron) writes...
> > 
> >Then also, TP requires the audience to think, to take an active part in the 
> >show.  I really don't care who killed Laura.  Half the fun for me is the endless

I was visiting family in New Orleans when the premier aired.  A
couple days earlier (attempting to set up "Hey let's watch the
season opener") I asked them if they had seen it, and what did
they think:  Well, here is the voice of mainstream America:

--"Wierd, just plain wierd.  What kinda story-tellin' is that!"

--"It breaks all the RULES of literature.  It can't possibly be
   good."

--"They just keep teasing you on; it's getting ridiculous."

--"I just don't understand it, AT ALL.  The whole show makes
   no sense.  What is this log-lady bit anyway?"

Well, there you have it.  Can't blame it on a lack of education
either.  The four folks I quote above have the following degrees:

-- ex-school teacher, B.A. elementary education

-- ex-chemical engineer, now studying for her CPA licence,
       B.S. Chemical engineering

    -- electrical engineer, B.A. Mathematics, M.S. applied
       engineering sciences

    -- ex-chemical engineer, now 3rd-year medical student

I think you have to like things that challenge the mainstream;
you have to like wandering down a twisted path without concern
for the fact that there might be a quicker and more direct way.
You have to be a bit of a movie/tv buff to appreciate some of
the subtle, inside jokes.  It also helps increase enjoyment
being able to exchange dialogue and ideas with you folks here
on the net.  In all your musings, you have highlighted features
and made me appreciate them more.  This is always what I thought
the job of the critic should be -- enlighten, elaborate on the
viewing experience -- rather than "thumbs up" or "thumbs down."

I hope TP manages to stay on the air, but early reports are that
it continued to lose viewership as the show progressed.  NOt a
good sign, especially for the season opener.  If it does get
canned, maybe a cable station will pick it up.  Or perhaps
Lynch will single-handedly bring back the serial episode to
the big screen.  After all, a 5-year contract for McLachlan
is a long time.  

Imagine....TP on the big screen.  Wow!