Subject: Re: Creamed Corn (& unanswered questions)
From: ttullio@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Date: 1991-08-15, 10:53
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <9299@umd5.umd.edu>, jblum@umd5.umd.edu (Jon Blum) writes:
> > In article <1991Aug14.153031.9459@risky.ecs.umass.edu>
> >
>> >>2.  What the heck does the Palmer ceiling fan signify?  There were a
>> >>couple different shots of it shown repeatedly. Was it nothing special or
>> >>did have something to do with a golden circle? 
> > 
> > Ditto for the Traffic Light.
> > 

A totally off the wall thought I had on the traffic light late one night:
It means "things happen, even when there's no one around to see/make
sense of them."  (Especially in the shots where the light changes.)  This
is the town's only traffic light, isn't it?
On the same note, I'd venture that the ceiling fan was a "things ARE
happening, and continue to happen" idea.  Circles are so easy to ascribe
obscure meanings to..

>> >>3.  When Maddy died, why did Bobby have that goofy look on his face?
> > 
> > I think it was simple disbelief that Donna and James were back together.
> > Showing once again that Bobby Briggs has an uncanny ability to miss the
> > big picture.
> > 

This is one of my favorite scenes, and so I'm inclined to disagree.  I saw
it as a touching re-unification of the "small town" spirit -- Despite all
the weird, horrible stuff that's been tearing them apart, they all
share this moment, somehow sensing that "It is happening again." 

>> >>4.  Why did the OAM say that BOB had been near Ben/Jerry?
> > 
> > I guess just because Ben and Leland spent so much time together.  And the
> > fact that Ben did start out as a pretty evil dude, prone to the sins of
> > the flesh...  that's the mark of BOB.
> > 

The OAM didn't really say that BOB had been near Ben/Jerry, did he?  I just
remember him freaking out as Ben enters the room.  I think this was a clever
coincidence meant to mislead.  After all, the OAM was getting pretty unravelled
by the experience in the hotel lobby, and it's possible that he just chose
that moment to collapes from the strain.


Well, that's my 2 cents...

 ^  Tom Tullio
(_) TTULLIO@WILLET.WESLEYAN.EDU