Subject: Laura's Reprise?
From: richards@eng.auburn.edu (Eric J. Richards)
Date: 1991-05-08, 12:39
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

There's a pop song out called "Silent Lucidity."  Now then,
within this song, after a diatribe about lucid dreaming, a
woman's voice calls out "Help me..."  Something about that
struck me as Lynch-ian (Blue Velvet, I thought).  Then I'm
watching the second episode from TP's first season (the
one right after the 2-hour pilot).  Dig this scene:

Right after James is returned to his cell, and before the
scene where Donna is asking her mom why her mom let her
over sleep (instead of going to see Truman), there's a replay
of the Laura/Donna picnic video, _played to no one in
particular_.  Just for us at home.  Near the end of this
scene, Laura beams at the camera, gives a kiss, and then
the camera starts its close up of her face.  In a distant
echo, Laura's voice calls out... "Help Me..."

Now then, I guess there's two ways to view this.  Either this
was supposed to be the cry for help of a young woman sufferin'
from a bad case of duality, OR this was an actual cry from
a victim of the Black Lodge.  Not that I think Lynch had the
vagest notion of the White/Black Lodge/Dugpas scenario yet.
However, could be that Theresa/Laura/Maddie/Josie are all
entrapped there and this was a call from Laura... oh, well,
makes a cool shutdown sound for my Mac at least.

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