Twin Peaks Rewatch 38: The Return, Part 4

[Twin Peaks Rewatch 38: The Return, Part 4]

At risk of not reading all the comments, the lion is smothering the buffalo. It's their M O, MODUS OPERANDI!!! 

When they get the prey down and it's still squirming one female goes for the kill by smothering , cutting off all airways. Mouth and nose!!

Females are the bad asses of the lion kingdom. The lazy male is back grooming his mane waiting for his lions share of the kill. And that also means he eats first and as much as he wants. 

[Twin Peaks Rewatch 38: The Return, Part 4]

On 6/1/2017 at 2:17 PM, marblize said:

mentioned but I'm rewatching the original in between new episodes and this connection gave me chills. It might look like a reach here but if you watch the scenes it's pretty uncanny. Bob very specifically straight devours Maddie's chin, as does the cat to the water buffalo. A couple of folks in the episode 2 thread commented on how it looked like the cat was killing and making out with the water buffalo, and, well, that certainly checks out wrt to the former scene. Present-day Sarah definitely changes her expression and perks up a bit when the weird mouth stuff starts happening (though this could just be a reaction to the intense violence). To me it seems like the violent gesture is visually echoing in the room 25 years later. I wonder if we'll see more of that. I assume it's not an actual plot point but it's a hell of a reverberating mood bit.

 

On 6/2/2017 at 0:44 PM, Argobot said:

The original series treated women in a very similar way though. Josie, Audrey, the whole One-eyed Jack's plot, it's all there. It's less obvious because you can't show nudity on network TV and because of the fashion of the time, but the original series was far from perfect in that regard.

 

It's complicated conversation because where do you draw the line between parody (Tammy Preston) and a questionable choice (Jade being completely topless in her first scene). I would find Tammy less frustrating if the Jade scene had been directed better. Or the Daria scene.

 

I don't want to be frustrated by these things, because I genuinely believe that Lynch has no ill will towards women. As long as he's not using his authority to take advantage of anyone, this stuff shouldn't really matter. But it does matter because society is so tipped towards this kind of portrayal of women's bodies. That's not really something you can blame on Lynch nor is it something you could reasonably expect him to fix by eliminating female nudity (except maybe Jade's nudity, I really did not like that scene), but it will always stand out until we start seeing more diverse depictions of sex and sexuality in mainstream pop culture. 

Re: the lions activities on Laura's mothers tv: 

At risk of not reading all the comments, the lion is smothering the buffalo. It's their M O, MODUS OPERANDI!!! 

When they get the prey down and it's still squirming one female goes for the kill by smothering , cutting off all airways. Mouth and nose!!

Females are the bad asses of the lion kingdom. The lazy male is back grooming his mane waiting for his lions share of the kill. And that also means he eats first and as much as he wants. 

[Twin Peaks Rewatch 39: The Return, Part 5]

On 6/4/2017 at 10:22 PM, MechaTofuPirate said:

 

Didn't Chris and Jake speculate that it would end up being something meaningless? I think that's the closest anyone could reasonably get. Loved it.

I seriously doubt that David Lynch will/would insert a 'meaningless' scene. I'll venture to say that Jacoby and his gold shovels will turn up again with more wackyness! He's perfect for it!