15. Jeffrey Lebowski -- the Dude -- author of the original, uncompromised Port Huron Statement, one of the Seattle Seven.
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@HeerJeet I'm not criticizing them or your argument. What's interesting is how polyvalent their politics are even as many critics...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet ... accuse them of being empty, nihilistic postmodernist pranksters.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet I will say that in 15 years of reading and writing about films I've never heard J and E described as "hippies." -
@brofromanother I got that characterization from a BBC documentary that talked to their high-school friends. Did have long hair. - Show replies
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@HeerJeet I have always wanted to see the film they made as teenagers: "Henry Kissinger: Man on the Go."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet I'm curious though what you think of the characterization of Barton Fink. Is it a story of an artist humiliated...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet ... Or a case of a false populist getting his just, Nathaniel West-flavoured deserts? It's their Day of the Locust, I think -
@brofromanother@HeerJeet On Nathanael West, the fear of fascism, and how he predicted the Nixon-Reagan backlash: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b052zwd6 …
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