Subject: Re: favorite scenes
From: erics@infoserv.com (Eric S. Smith)
Date: 1991-08-18, 09:13
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks
Reply-to: erics@infoserv.com

In article <1991Aug15.205443.21625@exurchn1.ericsson.se>, exuhag@exurchn1.ericsson.se (James Hague) writes:
> > mark@cambridge.apple.com (Mark Preece) writes:
>> > >
>> > >(Remember, this was 
>> > >before Leo became a comedic figure - he seemed intensely evil in a way Windom
>> > >Earl never was).
> > 
> > Great observation!  Windom Earl was too ridiculous to be believed.  He
> > seemed more like a campy Batman villan than someone who was really
> > dangerous.  (I thought that the "giant chess piece" bit was a parody of
> > the "and when the timer runs out, you will be turned into a huge
> > postage stamp--HA HA HA HA HA" sort of thing.)
> > 
> > But Leo was *mean*...

I agree! Leo was even scary as a *vegetable*! In those scenes after Shelley
and Bobby took him home I was often on the edge of my seat, expecting him
to come out of it at any moment. You could never really tell whether or not
he was faking it.

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