Subject: Re: Whooping noises and SDC episode 2022 (another allusion)
From: hist1261@waikato.ac.nz
Date: 1992-09-23, 23:29
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <19m3hoINNeaf@agate.berkeley.edu>, sally@anableps.berkeley.edu (S. A. Wilson) writes:
> > 
> > 
> > Ciao,
> > 
> > Way back in when I saw the last episode (2022) in the scene in
> > the Lodge when SDC does his little Indian whoop and shouts Hallelujah
> > I thought that this was in fact another allusion inside joke regarding
> > the actor who played SDC. It has been bugging me ever since, and ever
> > since I wanted to post my idea of this to the net but was too
> > embarrassed. Now, I thought this was an inside joke referring to
> > a character that the actor played in a John Wayne western.  I am 
> > uncertain about my memory, but I vaguely remember that in this flick
> > the actor played this guy was somewhat touched mentally due to
> > some Indian attack which occurred in his past. He always babbled about
> > wanting a rocking chair, and in the end of the flick we see him on
> > a porch in his newly acquired rocking chair. Also, if I remember 
> > correctly he repeated the "Hallelujah" throughout the flick, or
> > at least in this final scene of the picture. Now, I also believe
> > that he would come out with an Indian whooping sound occasionally
> > as well.
> > 
> > Now, I might be completely wrong, but I seem to think I am not.
> > While going over the Allusions file I did not notice this reference.
> > 
> > I have heard that the guy who plays SDC was in a number if not all
> > of John Wayne's westerns....
> > 
> > Anyway, I finally had the courage to pass this on to the net. Flame
> > if you like. I sure would like this either confirmed or denied for
> > my personal peace of mind.
> > 
> > Sally--
> > -- 
> > Video meliora proboque, deteriora sequor! ###Sally   A.  Wilson
> > [Ovid's _Metaphorposes_]  ###   sally@mica.berkeley.edu
> > Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est.  ###   P.  Spud  Peel
> > [Martial]  ###[A member of Babble since 87]

It's not just any old John Wayne film: its "The Searchers"!  Hank Worden is 
superb in the film, and I've always thought his appearance in "Twin Peaks"
owes everything to the John Ford classic.  Surely I can't be the only
person in the world who picked up the reference immediately ... "The Searchers"
is one of the most influential American films of all time, this is exactly
why Lynch is quoting it!

Considering Worden is ABOUT 90 YEARS OLD, I think he was pretty good in the
television series.  Is he in "Fire Walk With Me"?

Richard.


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