"But sometimes there's a man, and I'm talkin' about the Dude here-- sometimes there's a man, wal, he's the man for his time'n place, he fits right in there--and that's the Dude, in Los Angeles......and even if he's a lazy man, and the Dude was certainly that—quite possibly the laziest in Los Angeles County. ...which would place him high in the runnin' for laziest worldwide--but sometimes there's a man. . . sometimes there's a man."Big Frank has been thinking lately of another Big – The Big Lebowski – the Dudester. What a movie! The movie now has a cult following, and even a religion: Dudeism, and a Lebowski Festival complete with website where you can get such great items as a Young Achiever sweatshirt, T-shirts, and even a poster of Nixon bowling. Is this a movie that you watch because you like bowling? Yeah, might could be that. Well there were entirely different reasons the led Big Frank to watch it the last time he did – good ones, but nothing to do with bowling. This is a movie about feeling good, about laughter best shared by watching this movie with someone you can laugh and enjoy life with. If you're into the analysis you can read this, but most of us would rather not. Get cozy, pour yourself a glass of wine (or sarsparilla), put your feet up and enjoy. In fact, Big Frank would say – in keeping with his view of the bifurcation of the universe – that there are two kinds of people – those who love this movie, and those who haven’t seen it (OK maybe there’s someone who didn’t like it; but probably it's because they feel like the cowboy in the movie). So why is Big Frank writing about this movie? The reason is that it needs to be watched again - as before. In fact, it is on Big Frank’s Christmas list – and he’s been pretty good, well, most of the time anyway. So . . .
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