Subject: 4/18: Whole lotta shakin' goin' on! (et al.)
From: mvb@eagle.mit.edu (Mary V. Burke)
Date: 1991-04-19, 10:47
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks
Wow, what a show! It's really getting back to the original feel of the
thing. Was it just my TV, or did the lighting seem even oranger, esp. in
the Great Northern? And I'm really getting fond of WE, I must say. Love
his deranged wit, prose style, sound effects, everything!
I really got a kick out of this shakes business--reminded me of one of my
favorite movies, _Evil Dead 2_, where the main character's right hand gets
possessed by demons and starts beating the tar out of him.....
I quite like the idea (sorry, I forget who posted it) that, with all the
evil energy surging around TP right now, BOB has gained enough power to
make his way into our physical world without the need of a human host.
Maybe the right hand is some sort of focal point through which this kind
of spiritual energy can be channelled in or out of the body--and that's
the part of BOB that materialized/emerged first, twisting around in the
air (at least it didn't start with his smile--brrrrr!). Maybe the
shaking spells are because he's been sucking energy out of other people,
or trying to find a way in.....
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Time for the giant/dwarf ruminations I threatened you with before...
The red curtains came back in the above scene, also echoes of the MFAP
music. The giant also appears in front of curtains in the Roadhouse and
on the stage at the Grt. Northern to deliver his warnings....So let's see.
After delivering his cryptic remarks, the dwarf goes off to dance,
leaving the Laura lookalike to kiss Coop and whisper the killer's identity
to him. After telling Coop "it is happening again," the giant vanishes
and is replaced by Julee Cruise singing about departing love. After
giving Coop his wordless warning at the GN, he is replaced by the mayor
(another dodderer like SDC) muttering that "there's something wrong."
The curtains would appear to signify the insubstantial (blowing and
rippling) barrier that separates us from the BL world; and note that the
"distance" between the evil occurrences and the world of TP keeps getting
smaller: Laura's murder has already taken place, Maddie's murder is in
progress, and now someone (likely Annie) is going to be murdered very
soon. Note also that the warnings/clues get shorter each time: the dwarf
says quite a lot, the giant only gets to repeat that one sentence in the
Roadhouse, and this time he only gets a single word, which he can't even
say out loud. I would think that this is a sign that the BL forces are
getting progressively stronger, and interfering with the WL's efforts to
help and guide the Good Guys (fits in with the general impression that the
WL is a more passive entity than the BL, which promises so much power).
But what about the other appearances? The ones that don't involve red
curtains, urgency, etc.? Well, I'm working on it. My best guess is that
the curtain/barrier element is missing from these because they aren't
associated with a clear and present danger related to BOB's attempts to
raise the body count. Think about the things the giant tells Coop when he
first turns up--he gives Leo an alibi for the Banks murder, points out the
essentially useless smiling bag, sort of warns him about the owls--the
only really decisive thing is the bit about Mike being a BOB-detector.
Coop already knows who killed Laura, which he's just forgotten for the
moment, so he isn't given anything beyond some signposts that tell him
he's on the right track to remembering. The giant takes Coop's ring until
such time as he can make all the connections that have been hinted at
(completing the circle, if you want--a bit hokey, but what the hell...).
When the giant shows up at the Zen party in the Roadhouse
to return the ring, BOB/Leland is there (and the giant doesn't get to say
anything--does he? I can't remember!), but sort of dormant for the
moment--until he takes out Leland, that is. Why doesn't the giant warn
Coop about Leland's imminent death, given that he can apparently see the
future? Maybe death is the only way that Leland can be liberated from BOB
once and for all and find peace, which would make it an ultimately
desirable event.
As for the "you forgot something" remark about Audrey's note, and the
"medical attention" bit, neither of these are urgent so far as BOB-related
killings are concerned, therefore no red curtains.
So what about the dwarf turning up after Josie's death, with BOB in close
proximity? No hot ideas on this one. Maybe he had something pithy to
say, but got pre-empted by BOB, there being no curtains to screen him
out....I don't know, I've sort of run out of gas on this stuff.
What's really bothering me right now is why the WL would have 2 different
emissaries to talk to Coop, or maybe just one who has 2 forms--can't think
of any good reason for their existence.
Oy, I need to get some lunch, delirium is clearly setting in. Don't take
any WOODEN nickels, ho ho ho....
MVB
"She wants to see you slowly twistin' in the wind"--TMBG
Disclaimer: Not my planet, Monkeyboy!
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