Dr. Jacoby's place in Twin Peaks - General Tiki

T tikibars Tiki Socialite Aku Hall, Chicago Joined: Apr 11, 2002 Posts: 2034	T tikibars Posted posted on Fri, Feb 2, 2007 2:20 PM Sometimes, when I get all pissed off at big city living, and the corruption and bullshit and expense that living in Chicago entails, and when I look at the bigger picture, and think about how desperately astray America has gone, I think of moving somewhere else. Like (in the first case), the Bay Area or Portland or Hawaii, perhaps, or (in the second case), to somewhere in Europe or maybe Asia or something. Then I realize that no matter where you go, there are problems, troubles, and horrible crap. Someplace might seem to be lovely and green and homey, but there's always evil and death and pain there too, coexisting, and you can't escape it. That's part of humanity. It occurs to me that this might be the point David Lynch was making with Twin Peaks. It is less a detective story than a thesis pointing out that there's no escaping the dark side of life, and even if you go to a paradise, a place where everything seems great, the dark side is there too. This is also the lesson we have learned with Tiki: there is no paradise on Earth. The Pacific islands of run and romance, of beauty and beauties, of easy living and harmony with nature are just as much of a fantasy idea of perfection as the town of Twin Peaks first appears to be, upon Agent Cooper's arrival there. He think s he's come to paradise, but that all soon changes. The good things that he sees there remain, but he soon discoveres the bad too. This is why we have Polynesian Pop: to fantaisze, idealize, and pretend that the perfect place does exist, be it an island in the Pacific or a small town in the Pacific northwest (Dr. Jacoby enjoyed both!). -- DON'T buy TP season 2 on DVD in April - they're releasing Season 1 and 2 together with the (STILL unreleased) Pilot episode in October, with new bonus features. De-Luxe.

Sometimes, when I get all pissed off at big city living, and the corruption and bullshit and expense that living in Chicago entails, and when I look at the bigger picture, and think about how desperately astray America has gone, I think of moving somewhere else. Like (in the first case), the Bay Area or Portland or Hawaii, perhaps, or (in the second case), to somewhere in Europe or maybe Asia or something.

Then I realize that no matter where you go, there are problems, troubles, and horrible crap. Someplace might seem to be lovely and green and homey, but there's always evil and death and pain there too, coexisting, and you can't escape it. That's part of humanity.

It occurs to me that this might be the point David Lynch was making with Twin Peaks. It is less a detective story than a thesis pointing out that there's no escaping the dark side of life, and even if you go to a paradise, a place where everything seems great, the dark side is there too.

This is also the lesson we have learned with Tiki: there is no paradise on Earth. The Pacific islands of run and romance, of beauty and beauties, of easy living and harmony with nature are just as much of a fantasy idea of perfection as the town of Twin Peaks first appears to be, upon Agent Cooper's arrival there. He think s he's come to paradise, but that all soon changes. The good things that he sees there remain, but he soon discoveres the bad too.

This is why we have Polynesian Pop: to fantaisze, idealize, and pretend that the perfect place does exist, be it an island in the Pacific or a small town in the Pacific northwest (Dr. Jacoby enjoyed both!).

DON'T buy TP season 2 on DVD in April - they're releasing Season 1 and 2 together with the (STILL unreleased) Pilot episode in October, with new bonus features. De-Luxe.

Post #282696 by tikibars on Fri, Feb 2, 2007 2:20 PM