Twin Peaks Unwrapped 13: John Thorne




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Summary: <h2><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bryon and Ben interview John Thorne, co-creator and co-editor of Wrapped in Plastic magazine. “</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">For thirteen years and seventy-five issues, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Twin Peaks</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> fans had one safe haven in a media landscape completely indifferent, even hostile, to the strange, wonderful world they loved. Publishing its first issue in October 1992, a month after the critically-reviled </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> bombed at the box office, and going on permanent hiatus in September 2005, two years before the </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Gold Box</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> DVD collection would introduce a new generation to the TV series, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Wrapped in Plastic</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> carried the torch during the long dark age of </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Twin Peaks</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. Or rather, it ensured that this dark age was in fact a golden era, with vital new interviews, deeply insightful essays, and the latest cast-and-crew news bundled into a slick, appealing package every couple months. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Wrapped in Plastic</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> was a fanzine but it was also something more: a vital source of scholarship in an era when one of the most iconic, original, and influential TV shows of all time was rarely discussed.” - Joel Bocko </span><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #ff0000;" href="http://thedancingimage.blogspot.com/2014/10/unwrapping-twin-peaks-conversation-with.html"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">http://thedancingimage.blogspot.com/2014/10/unwrapping-twin-peaks-conversation-with.html</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> (Read Joel’s great interviews with John Thorne!)</span></span></h2><br> <h2> </h2><br> <h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;">Twitter: </span><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #ff0000;" href="https://twitter.com/TwinPeaksUnwrap"><span style=""></span></a></span></h2>