NP Twin Peaks Return, season 1

[John Bailey]

There's talk that it's the last TV/film thing he'll do (I imagine
he'll keep painting).
I'm struck by how self-reflexive the show is now. The movie Fire Walk
With Me opens with a TV screen being destroyed but this season has so
many moments that seem to be speaking directly to the expectations
people have of Lynch himself.
>From the radio signal in part 8 to the New York box, there's lots of
meta-commentary on the insidious possibilities of media injure or
corrupt, but now we have the auteur himself appearing early on to say
"I don't understand this situation at all"!
There's a great recap of the last episode that notes how the extended
exit of Lynch's French lady-friend is so deliberate:

"Watch the look of pure joy on Lynch-as-Gordon’s face as Gordon’s
French date sloooooowly makes her exit: She puts on her shoes, shows
off her legs, straightens her clothes, checks her makeup, reapplies
her lipstick, takes another sip of wine, and kisses him goodbye,
dragging everything out as long as humanly possible. And Gordon is
just thrilled to pieces.

Albert, watching, is less pleased. He wants to sit down with Gordon
and talk business. When Gordon suggests that he get back to his date
and his glass of wine, Albert is stonefaced.

Gordon puts a comforting arm on his shoulder. “Albert,” he says,
“sometimes I really worry about you.”

The idea of talking business on this show is worrying. It’s as if the
show itself is asking why the audience is so invested in the idea of a
resolution. Why devote so much emotional energy to trying to solve the
mysteries when, after all, there is good wine to be drunk, and when
there are beautiful women to chat up? Twin Peaks wants you to relax.
Enjoy yourself."

On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 7:42 AM, Smoke Teff <smoketeff at gmail.com> wrote:
> Very happy to read this message. Glad other people are experiencing this
> similarly.
>
> I was thinking today that one of the most distinctive things about the
> return, to me, in addition to how good it is, is the prominence of Lynch on
> screen. His character is probably eclipsing Cooper as the closest thing we
> have to a protagonist/hero we have--at least through the first dozen
> episodes or so.
>
> On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 10:15 PM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Absolutely.
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 7:40 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I love the last half of episode 8.  The Kubrick reference to the post
>>> Bomb couldn't have bee more literal.  Then things get freaky.  Pure Lynch.
>>> Such a treat.
>>>
>>> David Morris
>>
>>
>
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