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  • How ‘The Big Lebowski’ became a cultural touchstone and the impetus for festivals across the country

    09/14/2009 8:37:21 PM PDT · by Saije · 50 replies · 4,043+ views
    Boston Globe ^ | 9/14/2009 | Joan Anderman
    So there’s this guy named the Dude, and some dudes break into his apartment and pee on his rug, so the Dude, an LA burnout whose real name is Jeffrey Lebowski, goes to find the other Jeffrey Lebowski, a rich guy the intruder dudes were actually looking for, so he can get him to replace the soiled rug, which totally tied the room together. That’s the basic premise of “The Big Lebowski,’’ the Coen Brothers’ 1998 stoner caper, which also involves bowling, nihilism, a kidnapping, and many, many White Russians - a cocktail whose parts combine more cogently than the...