Subject: Re: A modest porposal
From: jblum@hamlet.umd.edu (Hi ho -- Kermit the Frog here...)
Date: 1992-10-04, 17:45
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks
In article <1992Oct3.062539.8751@cs.brown.edu> ST201643@brownvm.brown.edu (MDJ aka jack) writes:
> >Amen! It is about time that someone said it - the list just isn't what it used
> >to be. It seems that people are really reaching to find meanings that just
> >aren't there - or if they are, just don't matter. IMHO, FWWM wasn't as rich in
> >meaning and symbolism as the series. It's fun to throw around crazy ideas(I
> >really really like the one about Coop being the Dali Lama(sp)), but I think
> >the list would be so much richer if we do open discussion to all aspects of
> >DL's works. It seems that this is already done to a certain extent, so I would
> >not expect much resistance.
I was around the last time they proposed renaming it. Like I said then,
I'd have no problem with discussing Lynch's other works -- but I don't see
the need to officially move the group away from TP. Let's get some discussions
going, about ANYTHING, first. Since FWWM closed, there has hardly been
anything discussed, about Peaks, Blue Velvet, Eraserhead, or any of Lynch's
works. I doubt that other Lynch fans are really staying away from this
group simply because our name only mentions Twin Peaks. I just think we've
hit a slow patch on all Lynch/Peaks - related subjects, just like Mr. Lynch
himself appears to have.
So let's just see if we can get any traffic of import, and save the name
change until we find out what we're focused on in this post-Peaks era.
Go ahead and discuss the other films -- not just Lynch's, but Mark Frost's
"Storyville" too. Lynch fans of all sorts are welcome here. But let's
not force an interpretation or structure on this group until we have a
real reason to.
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