[UA] Re: UA digest, Vol 1 #86 - 7 msgs

[Zach Spiller]

Yes, perhaps I should have been more clear in what I was seeking.  I've 
been a Lynch fan for many years, as well (since Eraserhead, as a matter 
of fact) and I think I pretty much have enough of a handle on the 
symbolism and cultural cross-ties to approach the game from *that* side.

The thing for which I was looking, actually, was *mechanical* 
information, and ties between the archetypes of TP and the ones brought 
out in UA.  More "how would you handle the Twin Peaks setting *in UA*?" 
than "what's the deal with all the allusions in TP, anyway?" :)

In that vein, I'd love to see the setting you worked up!

Thanks,
Zach

--On Tuesday, November 04, 2003 6:00 PM +0000 
ua-admin at lists.uchicago.edu wrote:

> I imagine Greg has pointed in my direction because I am a bit of a
> David  Lynch freak (I actually have an editing credit in the second
> edition of  “Full of Secrets: Critical Approaches to Twin Peaks” ?
> but enough about my  geekery!).  Although I have never run a game
> involving the TP setting, Lynch  tends to be a big part of my games
> (overtly ? I love his soundtracks for  mood, or coverty ? Lynchian
> themes of parellel identities and non-linear  plot lines are
> timeless?)
>
> I did a setting that was pseudo-TP, a small Midwestern filled with
> dark  secrets that actually tied into the existence of a Cruel One
> and an  important mechanism for the Comte’s ascension.  (If you would
> like the  outline, I would be glad to send it out?)
>
> As for a TP game proper, I think the biggest challenge would be
> explaining  Lynch’s unexplained.  To quote the man himself, “The more
> unknowable the  mystery, the more beautiful it is."
>
> That said, there are somethings I have thought about.  Most notable
> is all  the allusions, both in and out of story.  For instance:
>
> Dale Cooper: Dale’s middle name is Bartholomew, marking him D.B.
> cooper, a la the famous skyjacker.
>
> Glastonberry Grove: The coincidental name shared with the
> legendary burial place of King Arthur (sort of: It’s really
> Glastonbury) has had many run off in search of possible Fisher-King
> connections. I wonder? Most have proven a little tenuous, although
> some connections have been made: Andy seems to be set up as a
> Parsifal archetype. A good analogy is Windom Earle: King Arthur,
> Caroline/Annie: Guinivere, Coop: Sir Lancelot My own personal
> knowledge of Arthurian legend only goes as far as the Howard Pyle
> illustrated children’s books and “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”,
> but  I
> do like the idea of the cup-of-coffee-as-holy grail. The idea of “a
> child without a father” suggests to me Donna, or Lucy’s baby, or even
> Little Nicky (he has to serve some purpose!).
>
> Harry S. Truman: Not only in reference to the former U.S. president.
> But also the name of the man who lived near Spirit Lake under Mt. St.
> Helens  and
> refused to move from his home despite the warning of volcanic
> eruption was named Harry Truman, as well.
>
> (They do seem to tap symbolism and the statosphere, don't they?)
>
> For a complete list of references, go to:
>
> ftp://lutetia.uoregon.edu/pub/twin-peaks/allusions
>
> Good luck and I will be interested to hear if you do something with
> it!
>
> M.



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