What Did Jack Do in the Year of the Rooster?🐓🐵

After David Lynch had passed away, I watched the 17-minute short on Netflix titled 'What Did Jack Do?', which was dropped on Netflix on Lynch's birthday in 2020, but was made in 2016, the Year of the Monkey, although not shown until 2017, the Year of the Rooster at film screenings in France.

"The film was eventually shot in 2016, and premiered on November 8, 2017, at the Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain in Paris as part of the launch of Lynch's Nudes photo book published by the Fondation. Lynch had talked about the premiere during an interview with the Cahiers du cinéma recorded on October 30, 2017, and published in December: "I will be in Paris for the release of this book. I will sign copies at the Paris Photo fair. And then I will show my 'monkey film' at the Fondation Cartier. It's a strange film of 17 minutes"."

"I would've laid my life on the line
for any chicken
or rooster."

A lot of podcasters and fans scratch their heads over this 17-minute film, but it seems obvious to me that Lynch is referring to the Chinese zodiac signs of the Monkey and Rooster in this film, as the Rooster follows the Monkey in the zodiac.

What Did Jack Do?

"Well, there is no Santa Claus.
I won't be here for Christmas.
But the ladies have been talking, Jack.
What?
Right. With the Easter Bunny, I suppose.
Is that what you want me to believe?"

Guess what?

The Chinese zodiac animals aren't any more realer than Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny>:-)

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Some of the dialogue seems to allude to my theory, as in "are you a card-carrying member of the [Chinese?] Communist Party?". 

And since 2016 was actually the Year of the Fire Monkey and 2017 was the Year of the Fire Rooster, that might explain all the flame/fire references?

"My place was raided,
set to fire.
I'm lucky to have my life,
let alone the hair on my body."

Maybe Max was a rooster and not a turkey, as people assume from the "talking turkey" reference in the film?

David even shows in the last line of the credits that the film was made in 2016, the Year of the Monkey, so he was well aware of Chinese zodiac themes.

I could be wrong, but my explanation makes more sense than any other reason Lynch made this film from all the fans and critics that I've read or heard from. 

And since the zodiac animals take 12 years to come around again in a different elemental form, which is roughly Jupiter's orbit around the sun, I couldn't help thinking back to Jake Kotze's "Jupiter Jack" (SyncJack) series of synch films:-)

"Be a man, Jack, and tell me about her."

Monkeys, Monoliths, 2001 and 9/11? 🚀🦴🐒🏢🙈🙉🙊

A series of vignettes that all have 
coffee and cigarettes in common

I couldn't help thinking that 'What Did Jack Do?' could almost be just another story from the movie 'Coffee and Cigarettes':-)

"You're brewing a poisonous batch."

...

"I don't bluff.
Yeah, and you don't smoke.
Takes two to tango, Jack."

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SPOILER ALERT

"You're under arrest
for the murder of Max Clegg."

Clegg?

And on a synchromystic note, Netflix released 'What Did Jack Do?' on David Lynch's birthday in 2020, which just fell in the Year of the Pig, and right before the Year of the Rat.

The pig being the last animal of the Chinese zodiac, and the rat being the first:-)

Born March 14, 1978

I did find it amusing that David Lynch's partner Emily Stofle, who played the waitress in 'What Did Jack Do?' celebrates her birthday on 3/14 (AKA Pi Day):-)

Pi[e=mc²] Day 2023?🥮ℼ🎂