6/ Also, since I'm doing a film (mini) thread, I noticed a nano-trope. How do you should a tough guy being a good friend / sensitive / observant without showing him being a wuss? Have him notice that a STILL LARGE friend or colleague has lost weight.
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7/ Edward Norton's character did this in American History X. He sees one of his neo-Nazi pals who's probably clocking in at 500 lbs and says "hey, you've lost weight?", and indeed, the guy says he has. John Wick does this toohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8goQyjvcjdo …
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8/ Back to Lebowski: https://twitter.com/FreedomViking/status/1123205974544793601 …
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9/ Now, here's another interesting thing about Walter: He's presented as a joke. He's got no wife, he's got a random crappy job, he's always ranting about Nam. But Walter isn't a joke. He's just a man in the wrong place. He had a place: 'Nam In 'Nam, his personality worked
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10/ Walter is built for decisive action. The tragedy is that he has a life (bowling in LA) that doesn't call for decisive action or conflict. ...so he creates it (poorly, stupidly). He pulls a gun on Smokey.
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11/ But when an ACTUAL situation arises on its own (the Nihilists attack them), for about 10 seconds Walter is in his element, responds appropriately, and wins.
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12/ He uses improvised weapons to defeat multiple opponents armed with a sword. He has full situational awareness: he knows that Donnie wasn't shot, because - despite being involved in a melee - he was listening to everything, heard everything, knows no shots were fired.
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13/ The combat over, Walter IMMEDIATELY surveys the situation and calls for medical help for Donnie. It's too late, but that's no reflection on Walter. He went from calm to combat to calm to helping the wounded in 20 seconds. His performative outrage is a SKILL !
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14/ His ability to turn it on and off on a dime is a SKILL. The tragedy of The Big Lebowski is that everyone is in the wrong place. The Dude belongs back on a college campus in 1968. Walter belongs back in 'Nam in the same year. The movie is about living too long.
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Being in the wrong place and the wrong time is something most of us will encounter at some point in life. You turned what was an amusing comedy into something quite serious and philosophical. You're not wrong.
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