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Day 1145: The Dude Still Abides

Question from the BBC: Is The Big Lebowski a cultural milestone?

My answer: Yes.  1998’s The Big Lebowski was the cinematic equivalent of what Nirvana and Soundgarden were to C&C Music Factory and Color Me Badd at the beginning of the ’90s, a breath of intelligent and refreshingly-malaised air in the midst of fluff and crap.

Don’t frak with the Jesus.

7 comments… add one
  • liprap October 15, 2008, 1:13 PM

    Hee! When you have a character such as Walter Sobchak screaming that he doesn’t roll on Shabbos-“Shomer fucking Shabbos!”, to be exact-how can it NOT be a cultural milestone?

  • liprap October 15, 2008, 1:21 PM

    Speaking of which…I’m now wondering if i ought to get one of these:

    http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=PLG4205

  • virgotex October 15, 2008, 1:52 PM

    Leads, yeah, sure. I’ll just check with the boys down at the crime lab, they’ve got four more detectives working on the case. They got us working in shifts!

  • Susannah October 15, 2008, 2:09 PM

    There’s always something to be said for a rug that ties the room together.

  • GentillyGirl October 15, 2008, 2:14 PM

    I love the beginning of the flick- everything comes from a peed-on rug.

    To me that symbolizes American Culture.

  • Maitri October 15, 2008, 2:44 PM

    … or his dudeness, or duder, or el duderino, if you’re not into the whole brevity thing.

  • brimful October 15, 2008, 5:47 PM

    And should anyone disagree with The Big Lebowski’s magnificence, I have only this to say: “STFU, Donny!” :)

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