“Blue Velvet”'s mystery of masculinity: How David Lynch's masterwork reshaped American consciousness - Salon

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“Blue Velvet”'s mystery of masculinity: How David Lynch's masterwork reshaped American consciousness Salon In terms of alternative culture during the Reagan year — not just independent film but fashion and visual art and overall psychic Zeitgeist — there was before “Blue Velvet” and there was after. Consider Frank's immortal line of dialogue: “Heineken ...