S2, E15: Slaves and Masters

Back to the Double R: A Twin Peaks Rewatch

Well, thank you, Diane Keaton! The consensus is that despite some serious problems, we are nevertheless back in true Twin Peaks with Season 2, Episode 15, “Slaves and Masters.” This week, Colin frames the good, but not perfect, return to form with a bit called NailedIt/FailedIt; Damon examines how Keaton’s directing brings us back to a “Lynchian” mode; Jennifer spotlights victim-villains, especially Evelyn and Josie; and Jonathan takes on Ben Horne, racist content, and minorities in the show. For the Twist, we go on an art walk in our favorite small town.

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S2, E15 NOTES:
Harley Peyton (episode writer)
Diane Keaton (episode director and American actor, b. 1946)
Vicuña wool (wool from a vicuña… go figure)
The Queen’s Gambit (2020, Netflix miniseries)
Ed Asner (1929-2021, legendary American actor and activist)
Reflections: An Oral History of Twin Peaks (2014, book, by Brad Dukes)
Time After Time (1979, film dir. and written by Nicholas Meyer)
David Warner (b. 1941, English actor)
Shakuhachi flute (traditional Japanese and Chinese instrument)
Richard Beymer (b. 1938, Benjamin Horne)
Red Rock West (1993, neo-noir film dir. by John Dahl)
JT Walsh (1943-1998, prolific American actor)
West Side Story (1961, film, dir. by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins)
Jonathan’s article on Catherine Coulson
Patton: Lust for Glory (1970, film dir. by Franklin J. Schaffner)
Apartheid in South Africa (1948-1990s, political policy of brutal racial segregation)
Articles on race in “Twin Peaks” (flagged by Jonathan):
-“Twin Peaks” is So Overwhelmingly White, So Why Do People of Color Keep Watching It?
-Twin Peaks is Candy for White Liberals
-It Is Happening Again
Kenneth Welsh (b., 1942, Windom Earle)