Gender in Twin Peaks: The Return
Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2017 7:03 am
(This was not conceived as its own thread; it was, unfortunately, splintered off from a conversation in the Part 10 discussion. Hence the weirdly confrontational start.)
Art appreciation does not mean turning off your ability to apply a major critical lens.
--MFA holder who considers Lynch one of his favorite narrative artists
You'd be laughed out of any serious critical discussion or workshop in the last seventy years for suggesting participants ignore gendered elements. I have a hard time imagining you'd be able to contribute much to serious Lynch discussions either. I'd be fascinated to know what you think any of his films are about if you insist on turning a blind eye to the concept. (To discuss Eraserhead or Inland Empire without gender would certainly be a feat.) All the posts here on the subject have simply been discussing the way episode 10 and/or The Return thus far handle what has always been a principle fixation in his films -- women in trouble, violence against women, the expectations placed on both men and women that render domestic structures uncannily nightmarish.Rhodes wrote:It is a shame that so many people don't seem to get the concepts of television and arts.
It seems so disrespectful and unjust to me that a great man like Lynch has to endure all this gender studies nonsense (that also completely misses the point). Let's give the man a big applause instead.
Art appreciation does not mean turning off your ability to apply a major critical lens.
--MFA holder who considers Lynch one of his favorite narrative artists