1. The Dude abides. Some thoughts on the 20th anniversary of The Big Lebowski. Let's start with what it means to say the Dude "abides."
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4. The Dude (one of the authors of the original Port Huron Statement, not the compromised 2nd draft) isn't strident but he holds on to counterculture values in a world that has passed them by.
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5. In The Big Lebowski, the Dude's nonchalant New Leftism is contrasted with an array of other ideologies; his rich namesakes Reaganism, Walter's neo-con belligerence, Maude Lebowksi's feminism, the nihilists, etc.
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6. As I suggested in an earlier thread, The Big Lebowski manifests a core them the Coen's often return to: the decline of the American left:https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/601874370290589696 …
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7. The Dude is New Leftist in a period where the Left has disappeared ("Your revolution is over, Mr. Lebowski! Condolences! The bums lost!"). His diffident disengagement is a response:https://twitter.com/steve_katz/status/972157180060119040 …
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8. The Dude abides. And the Big Lebowski abides. Despite getting "meh" reviews, it stature has only grown. I have more thoughts on the film here:https://newrepublic.com/article/147341/film-critics-blind-big-lebowskis-brilliance …
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That's one of the many reasons Lebowski pairs so well with Altman's The Long Goodbye. "The Dude abides" is the Coen version of Rip Van Marlowe's "It's ok with me."
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Were you listening to the Dude's story? "He's the man for his time'n place, he fits right in there."
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