Twin Peaks in the Rearview Mirror: Appraisals and Reappraisals of the Show That Was Supposed to Change TV

by John Thorne, Craig Miller (Editor), David Lavery (Editor)

In 1994 Wayne State University Press published David Lavery's collection Full of Secrets: Critical Approaches to TWIN PEAKS. The book proved to be an international success, instrumental to the serious study of contemporary television series. WSUP encouraged a second volume on David Lynch and Mark Frost's influential series, but then decided not to publish it.

TWIN PEAKS in the Rearview Mirror is essentially that book, edited by Lavery along with the editors of the long-running fanzine Wrapped in Plastic Craig Miller and John Thorne.

Most of these essays were published previously in a variety of venues (many in a 1993 special issue of LITERATURE/FILM QUARTERLY), but some are new to this Kindle book. All are engaging and stimulating discussions of the still amazing TWIN PEAKS.

Genres: Nonfiction, Essays

483 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 15, 2012

About the author

John Thorne has a Master of Arts in TV/Radio/Film from Southern Methodist University in Dallas. For thirteen years, John was co-editor and co-producer of 'Wrapped In Plastic' magazine, where he wrote extensively about 'Twin Peaks' and associated film and television. He was also a contributor to the magazines, 'Spectrum' and 'Following Cerebus'. He is co-editor and contributor to the Kindle book, 'Twin Peaks in the Rearview Mirror.

Reviews

[Niki · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF @25%.

A collection of essays about Twin Peaks. You thought that Twin Peaks was a quirky, interesting, unpredictable show and that reading about it would be equally thought-provoking? Well, these essays are here to prove you wrong, by being godawfully boring. The entire thing (up until the 25% that I read, at least) reads like the most boring academic textbook imaginable.

It's a no from me.

[Prisoner 071053 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some interesting stuff here, but also tons of junk to demonstrate how literary theory is bullshit. Also, the episode numbering theme is moronic.