Window Dressing

This week on Window Dressing's Twin Peaks mini season: The Women of the Woods, I talk about Sherilyn Fenn’s character Audrey Horne. Audrey’s transformation from high schooler in red hot high heels to fully formed adult in a powder pink sweater isn't just the trajectory of Audrey, it also defines the trajectory of the show.

I would like to recommend a new podcast by critic and podcaster Frank Calvillo. What Ever Happened to Bette and Joan looks at the later careers of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford following the success of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, exploring the variety of projects they took on and the committed performances the two legends gave. From Strait-Jacket to The Nanny, Trog to Wicked Stepmother, join Frank as he traces What Ever Happened to Bette & Joan? Available on Spotify and on Apple Podcasts as part of the One of Us network.

This installment of Women In The Woods: Window Dressing's Twin Peaks mini season is all about Laura...and her identical twin cousin Madeline.

Norma Jennings is the first portrait in Window Dressing's Twin Peaks mini-season: Women Of The Woods. Played by the ultimate 1960s blonde beauty, Peggy Lipton. Norma is the heart of Twin Peaks and the victim of one of the most heartbreaking and ill-fated love affairs in TV history. But it's her relationship with Shelly Johnson that defines her deep capacity for love and underlines her strength and beauty.

I am pleased to announce season 4 of Window Dressing—A Twin Peaks Mini Season: Women of The Woods. David Lynch’s death affected me deeply, and I think it's time I explored the influential pop culture that was Twin Peaks. My approach will be slightly different from others, but it will be right on brand for me. I plan to devote individual episodes to the women of Twin Peaks who touched me. I begin with an overview of the series.

Rapper Iggy Azalea helped define the culture of the 2010s with her decadent figure, blonde hair, and Alicia Silverstone-inspired version of the American Dream.  This week, I get into the joy of her pop culture reference-heavy music videos and the controversies and sex positivity that canonized her in the popular imagination.

As promised, here is the Instagram account I referenced in the episode for coining the phrase “Iggy is the Lana Del Rey of rap.”  @iluvlindsaylohan

This week I bring you a casual chat with my friend Ani Danielian about our mutual love of Anora. This episode is dedicated to Ani and the Oscar hopefully going to Madison.

Thank you @ani.danielian (on Instagram)

This week, I bring you yet another bonus Lynch episode, this one dedicated to lovers on the run. Wild At Heart opens like Casino and ends like True Romance, carrying the pixie dust of Tinkerbell throughout. This 1990 masterpiece is a hero’s journey if the journey was paved by the promise of the American dream—lovers' edition.

Join me and my special guest Frank Calvillo Film critique and fellow Fletcher enthusiast to discuss the 1973 film Night Watch starring Elizabeth Taylor. The film was written by famed writer Lucille Fletcher. Fletcher brought us the 1943 radio play Sorry, Wrong Number and the subsequent 1948 film of the same title starring Barbara Stanwyck as Leona. Leona died at her husband's hand. It took nearly 3 decades but she finally gets her revenge via Taylor's portrayal of Ellen in Night Watch.

In tribute to David Lynch and Los Angeles, California, my home, I bring you a bonus episode about his 2001 film Mulholland Dr.  In light of the devastating fires here in LA and Lynch’s recent death just shy of his 79th birthday, I thought now would be a good time to devote an episode to him.  The reverence David Lynch had for the city of Los Angeles, the dream of Hollywood, and the magic of the movies transcends tragedy.  This episode is dedicated to him, the city of Los Angeles, and the magic in the heart of Hollywood.

As always, this episode is written, performed, and edited by me-Madelaine Jane Auble.