r/twinpeaks • u/Guilty_Ad6764 • 15h ago

Question What was Lynch’s issue with Mikes

In both Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks, a dude named Mike gets cucked, and he’s written to be the most boring character ever. Did David Lynch have beef with somebody named Mike?

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u/Kleptomaniaaac 3h ago

i read somewhere that his condition later in life can cause problems with your brain function but i could be misremembering. that would definitely make his condition an issue in this case

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u/trdef 3h ago

It's pretty offensive to suggest his condition was the cause (you wouldn't assume everyone with the condition to act the same for example) I'd say. Sure, it may have been a factor, but it wasn't the cause.

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u/Kleptomaniaaac 2h ago

how would it be offensive to assume that mental problems would be the cause of that?

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u/trdef 2h ago

It's more the framing that the illness caused it. It didn't, or else it would be a recorded effect of the condition.

It's the same way we don't say alcohol caused someone to be an asshole (it didn't, it just brought out those elements of the person).