'Well, Jennifer, this is the first time in five or six years that I am sure that nobody is looking at me.'īoth Lopez and the crowd got a kick out of it, and even though Duchovny is surprised by how long his little tossed-off joke has been remembered, he's glad it comes across as 'self-effacing' rather than sleazy. It even merited its own article on Biography, which notes its legacy in pop culture and the fashion world.īut even though Lopez and her dress reigned supreme, Duchovny managed the nearly impossible feat of stealing the spotlight for just a second - by making a dry, good-natured quip about how there was no way he ever could. The lasting cultural legacy of that moment is definitely Jennifer Lopez's green dress with its signature deep neckline plunge and split skirt. We don't blame you if you don't remember that. As Allen explains, 'Cooper is the kind, decent, cherry pie-loving, crispy bacon-eating heart of 'Twin Peaks' - so if Denise is all right in his book, then she's all right, period.' She's someone we were delighted to welcome back for 'The Return,' even for just a few minutes. Just to hammer that home, 'Twin Peaks' seals the deal by having the compassionate and heroic Cooper completely accept her.

She's layered and unique in a way that completely fits the show's sensibilities. To start with, Denise gets to be almost unprecedentedly human, 'friendly, self-assured, and frequently hilarious,' as Allen puts it. In a piece for The Daily Beast, Samantha Allen describes some of what makes the show's treatment of Denise have such a lasting impact. But it's hard to overstate how much of a game-changer her characterization was at the time. There are a few jokes built into Denise's appearance on the show, all of which we could do without, and by now, we generally advocate for trans characters to be played by trans actors.

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