Subject: Re: Maybe BOB isn't such a bad guy after all
From: jha@cs.ed.ac.uk (Jamie Andrews)
Date: 1990-11-28, 06:13
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks
Reply-to: jha@lfcs.ed.ac.uk (Jamie Andrews)

     Yeah, this is something I've been thinking about too.
(Caveat: I've basically only seen the first 6 or so episodes --
we just saw the Singing Icelanders last night -- and I've tried
to follow the discussion on this newsgroup.  (Obviously, I don't
care about spoilers.))

     The character that BOB/Leland reminds me of most is Frank
Booth (the Dennis Hopper character) from _Blue Velvet_.  Both
can be extremely, amorally violent, but both can be extremely
moved by music.  I think that when BOB hears that old music from
his youth (40 years ago?) he just wants to inhabit someone and
dance along, and of course he wants someone to dance with.
I wouldn't go so far as the previous poster did and say "BOB is
just a fun guy who likes to dance, Leland is the killer", but
maybe there is more than one side to the BOB spirit.

     Clearly there's something funny with Leland and music, and
it's unlikely to be unconnected to BOB.  (For instance, in last
night's episode on BBC2, Leland seemed to be very unwilling to
start dancing at the reception for the Icelanders, and then
suddenly got into it.)

     Apologies if this is yet another dumb UK-newbie posting.

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