Subject: Re: Now we know who Mike is... (SPOILERS)
From: 01sybok@ac.dal.ca
Date: 1992-09-09, 15:44
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks
(Andreas Locicero) writes:
> > (George Noel) writes:
>> >>01sybok@ac.dal.ca writes:
>>> >>>(George Noel)
>>>> >>>> (Joe Zitt)
>>>>> >>>>>01sybok@ac.dal.ca writes:
>> >>
>> >> Actually, this is true.. now that I think of it Twin Peaks DOES resemble
>> >> Canada like you said. As a sidenote, on a comedy show I was watching there
>> >> was a sketch where a comedian was saying that Canada would be the perfect
>> >> country to invade someone else. You would have the president from the other
>> >> country calling the UN and telling them that Canada is invading us and the
>> >> UN would say Canada? They wouldn't do anything like that... :-)
> > Most Americans who don't live near the Canadian border know next to nothing
> > about Canada. They have vague notions about beer drinking, Lumber jacks, and
> > the McKenzie twins. It is really a sad situation that we are so ignorant of
> > one of our nearest neighbors. However, cinematicly speaking this ignorance
> > means that you can construct a mileu like TP and create a very effective
> > MYTHICAL Canada to set your film in. (Of course this won't work for
> > Canadians). It is also true the Twin Peaks is a lot like Canada in some ways ,
> > because it is true the much of the U.S. near the boarder is like Canada.
> > Listen to a northern Minnesotan talk sometime.
Exactly... Your characterization of Canada is what I was thinking of when I
mentioned I thought Canada was a lot like Twin Peaks. DO you think Lynch
is poking fun at Americans for not knowing as much as they might about Canada,
Or do you think he really believes Canada is like The Pink Room/One Eyed Jacks
etc..?
As a side note, I took a good look at the curtains in The Pink Room. I used to
have those exact curtains at another house. Gee, I wish I'd taken them with me
now...
Oh well...
Mike (I want all my Garmonbozia)
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