Subject: Re: Twin Peaks Symbolism
From: starpath@athena.mit.edu (David E. Hollingsworth)
Date: 1990-10-05, 11:08
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <7403@darkstar.ucsc.edu>, horny@ucscb.ucsc.edu (Michael Kaye) writes:
|> Perhaps this post will seem a little off the deep end, but bear with me
|> and keep an open mind.

Okay....


|> Twin peaks is filled with recurring symbols.  In many, many scenes,
|> the following images appear:  Fish, Antlers, Indian Totems.
|> Often these are on the wall, directly above characters heads.
|> In the security box bank scene, antlers dominate the foreground.
|> The examples are too numerous to list so I won't even try.

Personally, I would be surprised if a show set in the Pac NW DIDN'T
contain lots of fish, antlers, indian totems, douglas firs, pro-timber
advocates (the sign in the double R), owls (spotted, perhaps?), waterfalls,
mills, hick jokes, log cabins, etc.

Of course, I wouldn't deny that Frost & Lynch could try to make just about
everything symbolize something, but this idea is pretty wild.

|> ---Michael Kaye       horny@ucscb.ucsc.edu

David Hollingsworth