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We travel to Lumberton to plumb the dark depths of David Lynch's BLUE VELVET (1986), in which good and evil are forces that are intertwined - and not a strict dichotomy. We discuss how critics then and now have received the film's provocations, and our own relationships to Lynch's work. PLUS:  red states vs blue states, Joe Biden's cabinet, and Tim Allen's discovery of Marxism.

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Mark K

When I was a lad Blue Velvet had a reputation as “THAT movie” and then Twin Peaks started and quickly became “THAT show”. When I turned 17 and could rent R movies I rented Blue Velvet but ended up fast-forwarding through to the end. I was into serious comics and it reminded me of Grant Morrison’s work, but I couldn’t take it. Similar thing happened years later when I tried to watch the movie with the giant monster that pops up behind the diner...yeah no. I think I made it through Eraserhead up to where the lady is tap dancing on sperm-shaped worms. It seemed like Lynch was trying to remake Un Chien Andalou, just postmodernism out of control. Weird for the sake of weird. However, the show that had the reputation of “Twin Peaks lite”, Northern Exposure, was absolutely my jam. So I guess I can thank Lynch for that.

Joey Alvarez

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