Subject: Re: Cooper's first dream
From: platt@ccu.umanitoba.ca
Date: 1991-07-04, 12:15
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

Since people have been making so much comment on the original dream sequence, I
thought it helpful if someone posted all the elements of the sequence and Coop's
interpretation of them.

= denotes Coop's own connections
> > denotes a connection made by either myself or another netter
(?) denotes a connection that I personally find questionable or invalid.

(This includes the elements present in the ORIGINAL dream sequence, from the red
room on -the earlier bit being merely a recap of the differences in the European
version)

Cooper 25 years later > Cooper in the Black Lodge

The Red Room = The Black Lodge (?) ALSO = The drapes at Jacques' cabin.

The LMFAP > BOB (?)
 
The LMFAP, shaking in the corridor = Leland "crying" at the news of Ben's arrest
in front of some red drapes.

The statue > Venus (Laura)

The globe > Saturn (BOB)

The LMFAP rubbing his hands > the ringing sound > the trick with the coffee.

The floating shadow > never resolved

"Laura" tapping her nose = The link between Laura's cocaine addiction and the 
murder.

"That gum you like is going to come back in style" = Leland (and SDC's) "most
favourite gum in the world" ALSO > Margaret's pitch gum.

"She's my cousin, but doesn't she look almost exactly like Laura Palmer?" 
= Madeleine Ferguson.

"I feel like I know her" > Madeleine: "I didn't know Laura, but I feel like I 
did" (1005)

"Sometimes my arms bend back" = The method BOB used to tie up Laura.

"Where we're from, the birds sing a pretty song" = Waldo the Mynah Bird ALSO 
> > A possible description of the White Lodge.

"There's always music in the air" = The skipping record in Jacques' cabin ALSO
> > The records that Leland/BOB listened to.

The LMFAP dancing = Leland's dancing.

And now for some of my own, personal analysis:
Coop's dream works on at least two, and maybe three different levels. The first
two are Coop's personal interepretations, which led Coop to both Jacques' cabin
and Leland as the host of BOB. The third is the possibility that Coop may have
had some sort of precognitive dream of the Black Lodge, which just happened to
fit his intuitive interpretation. The fact that Laura had the same dream supports
this (suggesting that it was a vision rather than a mere dream stemming from Coop's
unconsious). Any resemblance to the real events was coincidental. In other words, 
Coop got lucky. 
 
Because this is a dream, however, there is a possibility that the dream 
is not meant to be a literal representation of the Black Lodge. The dream (and 
Coop's subsequent interpretation) have led many to believe that the LMFAP is 
actually BOB. I have reason to believe, however, that this is false. My evidence 
is from sources other than the original dream, as follows:

-When Laura described the dream in her diary, she referred to the LMFAP 
as a "little man" and not BOB. She would have certainly known the difference.

-When Coop is in the Black Lodge, the first LMFAP looks at him 
sympathetically and gently. When SDC appears, he is genuinely elated.

-The LMFAP had a doppelgaenger; since he is pure evil, BOB doesn't have 
one.

-The LMFAP said (to no one in particular) "Wow, BOB, wow," thus indicating
(to me, at least) that BOB and the LMFAP are separate entities.

Therefore, IMHO, the LMFAP/BOB connection is irrelevant and misleading.

Other questions about the sequences:
-Is it just me, or does the red room in the second (Black Lodge) sequence 
look BIGGER than in the original dream? It may be simply the camera angles.

-In the original sequence, isn't Coop wearing a different tie? And what 
are those metal things on his suit jacket? Medals?

Dave Platt Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
"Secrets are dangerous things, Audrey" -Dale Cooper