Twin Peaks Merch Makers, I'm Begging You, Stop Releasing Plastic Models Of Laura Palmer's Dead Body
The problem with Twin Peaks is that it's too cool. The music, fashion, aesthetic, setting—all just impossibly stylish, beautiful, and beguiling. I mean, that's obviously a good thing about it, but also something of a curse. People understandably latch onto the quirkier aspects of the show, but this often gets in the way of the fact that, deep down, it's a shocking horror story about sexual violence, incest, and a town complicit in the abuse and brutal killing of a schoolgirl. Which makes it bizarre to discover that, at this year's San Diego Comic-Con, yet another plastic model of the abused, murdered girl in question's corpse has been revealed alongside Star Wars and Marvel figures.
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The image of Laura Palmer's pale, lifeless body wrapped in plastic is one of the most iconic, haunting images in the show. When it's discovered on that fog-shrouded beach, one of the investigating officers is so traumatised by it that he breaks down in tears. It's supposed to disturb you, linger in your mind, and make you feel uncomfortable. It's purposefully hard to look at, but evidently not for the people at Funko. They decided that this harrowing scene should be turned into one of its big-headed Pop vinyl figures. Yes, you read that right: there really is a Funko Pop of Laura Palmer's dead, frozen body that you can display on a shelf next to your Ghostbusters figures.
I have nothing against collectibles. I have Boba Fett and Dallas from Alien posed on my bookshelf. But I'd never dream of accompanying them with the plastic effigy of a dead homecoming queen. That's just weird. At Comic-Con, a new Dale Cooper figure has been revealed
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