Critical Essays on Twin Peaks: The Return
“Critical Essays on Twin Peaks: The Return sets the bar for critical engagement with 2017’s revival of the seminal cult TV series. Sanna brings together eighteen new analyses that explore David Lynch and Mark Frost’s reboot of Twin Peaks from a multitude
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TWIN PEAKS THE RETURN
Edited by
Antonio Sanna
Critical Essays on Twin Peaks: The Return
Antonio Sanna Editor
Critical Essays on Twin Peaks: The Return
Editor Antonio Sanna Independent Scholar Sassari, Italy
ISBN 978-3-030-04797-9 ISBN 978-3-030-04798-6 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04798-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018962744 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover credit: Pongphan Ruengchai/Alamy Stock Photo Cover design by Aki Nakayama This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
To all those avid fans who have grown up with Twin Peaks in their hearts and souls
Contents
Part I The Real World: History, Technology and Fandom 1
Entering the World of Twin Peaks 3 Antonio Sanna
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Is It Happening Again? Twin Peaks and ‘The Return’ of History 23 Matthew Ellis and Tyler Theus
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Extraterrestrial Intelligences in the Atomic Age: Exploring the Rhetorical Function of Aliens and the ‘Alien’ in the Twin Peaks Universe 37 Elizabeth Lowry
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Lucy Finally Understands How Cellphones Work: Ambiguous Digital Technologies in Twin Peaks: The Return and Its Fan Communities 53 Jeffrey Fallis and T. Kyle King
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‘The Owls Are Not What They Meme’: Making Sense of Twin Peaks with Internet Memes 69 Brigid Cherry
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‘Is It About the Bunny? No, It’s Not About the Bunny!’: David Lynch’s Fandom and Trolling of Peak TV Audiences 85 David McAvoy
Part II In the Lodges: Subjectivity and (Un)Realism 7
‘Between Two Mysteries’: Intermediacy in Twin Peaks: The Return 107 Thomas Britt
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‘My Log Has a Message for You,’ or, Vibrant Matt
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