Date of Award
2012
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelors
Department
Humanities
First Advisor
Cuomo, Glenn R.
Keywords
Television, Soap Operas, Film, David Lynch
Area of Concentration
Humanities
Abstract
In 1990, David Lynch (prominent film auteur) and Mark Frost (prolific television producer/writer) premiered what was Lynch's first experiment in television serials and Frost's most experimental television series yet. Airing during prime time ABC, the series' hour and a half long pilot episode was an immediate sensation, inspiring at-home detectives and internet message boards almost instantly. The series is a sublime marriage of Lynch's surrealistic film techniques, the forever captivating and winding yet slightly empty soap opera, and the classic detective mystery. The show's cult following still thrives now, twenty-plus years later, and the series is regarded as one of television's greatest complex, quirky endeavors of prime time history. Twin Peaks' abrupt ending sparked questions that run the gamut, viewers contemplating issues such as the line between good and evil, truthfulness and justice, reality and surreality. These questions tend to remain left unanswered, but examining the series and discovering the issues within the small Northwestern town remain worthwhile.
Recommended Citation
Lyons, Megan, "Peaking In Paradise An Exploration of the Television Series Twin Peaks" (2012). Theses & ETDs. 4634.
https://digitalcommons.ncf.edu/theses_etds/4634
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