Subject: One and the same (was Re: "How's Annie?)
From: mihaych@ccu.umanitoba.ca (James Gordon Mihaychuk)
Date: 1991-06-12, 13:55
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <1991Jun12.163840.14068@dialogic.com>
 gerry@dialogic.com (Gerry Lachac) writes:
> >In article <5529@autodesk.COM> robertj@unreal.uucp
 (Young Rob Jellinghaus) writes:
>> >>
>> >>The Giant and the Dwarf--one and the same--
> >
> >
> >Actually, the impression I got was that the old waiter, the one who
> >brought Coop the milk after he was shot, was the "one and the same"
> >with the Giant.  Especially the way they both faded in and out in the
> >same chair.

I agree.  Notice that when Coop was shot, the waiter (a.k.a. Senor
Droolcup, thanks to Albert) and the Giant both were benevolent,
but while the Giant gave Coop clues and predictions, both the Giant
and Droolcup are powerless to otherwise intervene. i.e. The Giant apparently
has great power, but leaves the fighting up to Coop. Droolcup could
easily have helped the wounded Coop, but just kept coming back to give
Coop the thumbs-up sign.

Interestingly, some cultures revere people with mental disabilities
as seers, possibly because some exhibit savantism--remember Rainman??
-- James Mihaychuk,Physics,U of Manitoba- "But... this one goes to eleven!"