Alongside the clumsiness and disjointed dryness of scenes, dialogue and characters, I feel Lynch exploiting and stressing what should be viewers' nostalgia, with rather flat melodramatic tricks (the underscore, Bobby's perpetual sentimentalism, Shelly and Norma in their uniforms triumphantly posing for the audience...) Is Jerry Horne's foot now infested with body thetans? At least tell us that in the juicy, hilarious voice of L.Ron Hubbard. To consider I might find Xenu more compelling, is not flattering for Mr.Lynch. I understand he is not particularly emotional this time round, but I didn't expect him to be clueless and humourless akin to a cerebral narcissist, with the emotional confusion and self-aggrandizing coupled with castigation of both the self and the audience.
Review of Part 9
