The Attraction to Twin Peaks

In the small town of Twin Peaks everyone knows everyone else. It is small town, USA. The characters are relatable to the viewers. In the beginning the characters appear good and wholesome. In her article "Family Romance, Family Violence and the Fantastic in Twin Peaks," Diane Stevenson describes this idea when she states that “the normal is defined in the terms of the white, middle-class, heterosexual, patriarchal, nuclear family”. In the Hayward family there are the loving daughters, the homemaker mother and the doctor father. Viewers can relate to at least one character in the series. The attraction to the show grows as the viewers grow with the characters. David Lynch entraps the viewers with the mystery of who killed Laura Palmer. Then he brings them in closer by revealing the lives of the cast which in itself creates another mystery. And you come to realize that everyone isn’t what they appear. Many of the characters are cheating on their spouses or significant others. At least three of the towns people have killed others. The show represents everyday people and the struggles that they go through in life. The only real difference is that the show is more extreme and supernatural, it stretches reality past the boundaries. The show is cult worthy because it reaches out to all different types of people.

Tanisha H.