Subject: Re: Frost/Lynch completely wimped out this time
From: dlp@zule.EBay.Sun.COM (Dan Pritchett)
Date: 1990-12-04, 12:29
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks,alt.recovery

In article <9741@fy.sei.cmu.edu> dd@sei.cmu.edu (Dennis Doubleday) writes:


   Another poster mentioned disappointment with the final, explanatory
   scene.  I admit it was a letdown after the beauty of Leland's death
   scene (the sprinkler system idea was inspired--a symbolic cleansing of
   Leland's psyche, the extinguishing of the fire with which he has
   walked for 40 years).  But there was one exchange in that scene that
   chillingly makes the connection between the literal and the symbolic
   level:

   TRUMAN:  I don't know, I've been in these woods for a long time, but
   I've never seen anything like this.  I'm having a hard time believing
   this. (Not verbatim, but words to that effect).

   COOPER: Harry, is it easier to believe that a man would rape and
   murder his daughter?

   In the real world, the unspoken answer to the question is "Yes".  And
   that is the horror of it.

Actually I believe in the current state of our society the answer
would be "No". I am disappointed because we don't need another
supernatural explanation as to why people abuse their children. We
need the shocking truth presented that they do it because their
parents did it to them, and their children will do it as well unless
the cycle is broken.

We also don't need another explanation that makes the issues of abuse
any less common than it really is. With 1/3 of the girls, and 1/7 of
the boys (which is probably really 1/3 as well) being sexually abused
by a family member before the age of 18, we have a crisis. Throw in
physical and verbal abuse and probably 1 in 2 people grew up in
dysfunctional families.

These problems touch every aspect of our society and no social group
is exempt of its impact. Why do we need Killer Bob as a way to explain
the crimes against children by their families? Because it is easier
than admitting that Leland is severly dysfunctional for his own
reasons and he will pass that dysfunction on forever if we don't
address it. No, Killer Bob is a cop out to make Twin Peaks remain
palatible to the American public.


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