Subject: Re: Sexism?
From: alternat@watserv1.waterloo.edu (Ann Hodgins)
Date: 1991-01-21, 11:28
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <1991Jan21.181940.27897@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> golchowy@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Gerald Olchowy) writes:
> >In article <87707001@bfmny0.BFM.COM> tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff) writes:
>> >>
>> >>The inescapable fact is that almost everything in TWIN PEAKS reinforces
>> >>traditional sex roles and attitudes. ... 
> >
> >Is it the purpose of Art to teach or to hold a mirror?
> >
Good questions.  I think that Twin Peaks tends to be a rumination on
the past disguised as the present. Like most artists, I think
that Lynch is considering his life experience, starting with
him formative years in the 50's but showing how his perceptions have 
somewhat changed. For instance, Bobby is like an old-style hipster but
when he calls Audrey "baby" she objects like a new-style feminist.
Without giving TP too much credit for deepness, I think it is sometimes
like a socio-drama pitting the values of various classes and generations
against one another. Curiously,  the characters chronological age does  
not necessarily match the era they represent, ie. Jame's simple
world view seems odd in so young a man. He seems out of time, an anachronism.
 

I find the male characters in Twin Peaks, the heros at least, very 
conventional and conforming while the women are more rebellious.
I find this to be true in real life as well because conforming
does not reward women as well as it rewards men.
I have heard the theory that women are commonly less loyal to
the status quo and smart strong women are usually non-conformist.
 
Just some thoughts.....