Subject: Re: Killer BOB
From: miket@astro.UMD.EDU (Mike Tripicco)
Date: 1990-10-03, 08:59
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks
Reply-to: miket@astro.UMD.EDU

In article <1990Oct3.014732.3708@cadence.com> phz@cadence.com (Pete Zakel) writes:
> >Twin Peaks isn't just some bit of TV fluff where various clues can just
> >be thrown away or ignored at the whim of the writers.  Twin Peaks is a
> >major work that strives for a wholeness and continuity that is rarely seen
> >on TV or film today.  Twin Peaks does not exist in this world, but it is
> >every bit as real as this one.  The characters are real, and have as many
> >dimensions and facets and any real human you may meet.
> >
> >Yes, there are occasional continuity glitches, like the chain on the half-
> >heart in Jacoby's coconut, or the change in Laura's tape -- but these are
> >minor, like the occasional typos that occur in even the best of novels.
> >Twin Peaks is a masterwork.  You can't just skip over chapters like some
> >dime romance novel.  It must be viewed as a whole.

Good job, Pete!  You've quite eloquently said what's been on my mind as
I watched the show and read the many postings it has spawned.  The
second season opener was pure Lynch; it reminded me a lot of
_Eraserhead_ in that it is clearly set in an alternate reality which
is very much like ours, only different ;-) The mystic elements don't
bother me at all, although I am a scientist and avowed skeptic--this is
Lynch's vision, and like all true artists he uses his medium (first
films and now TV) to allow us to glimpse his reality, share his vision,
and in some small way to see through his eyes. This ain't _Knot's Landing_
kids!
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+ Mike Tripicco    Astronomy Program, UMD  College Park MD 20742           +
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