Yes, I have always lived in fear of the wig.  But you'd be surprised how many people (even those on this board) refused to believe that it was a wig when I expressed my fears.  !!!!

FEAR THE WIG!  IT WILL EAT YOUR SOUL!!

Are you saying  that it was Lee's actual hair in the show (it's hardly short, & not that much diiferent, except somewhat stylistically from the FWWM 'do)?  Sheryl/Laura is gorgeous & I would ask the wig for it's bangs in marriage (if it's not already spoken for).  Now I suppose you're going to say that Maddy was wearing a "piece"!!!

So it was a wig in the movie?

I thought it was just one of those late 80's/early 90's big bad hairdos. 

 

If you want to see a horrible wig check Robin Tunney's in THE CRAFT... She had just filmed EMPIRE RECORDS and had very short hair...

But Lee's wig is terrible of course...

Also, that weird spidery cowlick thing her hair does in the front is new in FWWM (the top left pic in the FWWM collage charles made above exhibits this)... didnt see that on Maddy or corpse/flashback Laura... so it's more fuel to the wig fire.

i thought sheryl wasn't wearing a wig during the 1st seasonof the series, except for the blond one, when she desguised herself as Laura.

imho, maddie (sheryl lee) looked hotter in the 2nd season, i dunno why ... the way she looked and acted was more to my liking.

Yes, the wig was insane. You'd think they would've chosen one that was vaguely similar to Laura's on the show, but instead they scalped a Texas cheerleader. But hair consistency was evidently never a big priority on TP. Donna and Audrey each gained several inches. Then you remember that the entire series was supposed to have taken place in, what, a couple weeks?

Laura is still not the oldest looking high school student....that honor will always go to the cast of Grease.

My friends and I always joked about how in Twin Peaks, there must be something in the water that makes women's hair grow overnight. The worst offenders have to be Audrey and Donna. I mean, Donna's hair is way longer at the start of season 2 than the end of season one. Did Donna go get extensions that morning to be "more like Laura?" They must have some upscale salons out in Twin Peaks! I always noticed the difference in Maddy's hair as well, but that wasn't really bad continuity to me....after all, she could have just started to use different product in her hair. It's not as radical a difference as Donna and Audrey's overnight sensations.

Donna wins, because her face got longer as well.  And continues to.

Charles, you've ruined the movie for me! I never thought it was a wig and now I can't think of anything else. :D

Well, if I can cope with Donna slowly changing from a stunning cutie to an unattractive snob during the first 17 episodes I guess I can handle this fact too :)

Yeah, they definitely de-geeked Maddy for the second season.

Yah, but that was totally the point, I think.  They wanted her to start looking and acting more like Laura, like the forces of being in TP were bringing it out in her.  Ultimately, it would be what would draw BOB's attention and make him start to terrorize her.  So, new TP theory:  BOB is not attracted to garmonbozia as was previously thought.  Rather, he's got a fetish for great big acrylic 80s hair.  WOOT, BOB, WOOT.

In one of the cut scenes in the script of episode 8 or 9, Maddy actually says something about wearing Laura's clothes.  I definitely see it in the show, but it's probably a good thing they cut the dialog.  It's a little creepy, and I imagine it would have been strange to Leland and Sarah to see their identical-to-their-daughter looking niece wearing Laura's clothes.  The sunglasses were more subtle, and I liked that.