I’ve always felt bad for The Dude. Did he ever get any of the promised payouts from Maude or TBL?

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Purple-Ad-4629@reddit

Maude probably paid up like she said she would. And he got a rug from TBL upon his first trip. Brandt says so when he calls the next day. Far as the Dudes concerned it just time to go bowling.

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Mossimo5@reddit

Maude stole that rug back though remember?

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No, he probably ended up having to pay child support to Maude, got fucked up at the finals by Liam and The Jesus, and most likely got sued, along with Walter, over the incident where walter dumped the The Big Lebowski out of his wheelchair, and might have been evicted from his private residence for falling too far behind on his rent. But hey, life goes on, man!

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Mossimo5@reddit

I doubt the Big Lebowski sued the Dude. That would bring up the issue of the embezzlement.

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blakkstar6@reddit

He was actually wearing his bowling league attire at the end of the movie, for the first time. I think his life is going okay. I like to think Maude definitely paid him, if for no other reason than as sort of a 'services rendered' fee for the child. Mr. Lebowski did not pay him, sadly. There was no money from that angle to begin with; as Maude said, it belonged to the foundation. It went back to the foundation when it was recovered.

But, none of that ever really seemed to matter to the Dude, anyway. He made these contracts, and lived up to his end (or attempted to) immediately. He's a man of his word, and that tends to pay its own dividends. By the end, he seemed happier than he'd been in a long time. Whether getting his due wages had anything to do with that... well Dude, we just don't know.

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Ramblin_Bard472@reddit

Well, the Big Lebowski paid him with the rug he took.

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Smokey_Bera@reddit

Well, yeah, he said take any rug in the house.

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Ramblin_Bard472@reddit

He didn't, but Brandt assures him it's not a problem.

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AshingKushner@reddit

Not disagreeing with anything you said, just wanted to share that I always saw the Dude wearing his bowling shirt as his wearing the nicest clothes he owned to his friend’s funeral. I wouldn’t bet that he has a suit, and if he does it’s from when he had to go to court for occupying various administration buildings, smoking a lot of Thai stick…

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blakkstar6@reddit

Agreed. I think that was the Dude rejoining his own life. I think there is evidence at the beginning that he was beginning to lose touch with his existence. Losing his motivations, and his connections with others. Going everywhere in a dressing robe is not a blueprint for a man with a vision. If Mr. Lebowski was right about anything, it was calling out the Dude for having no direction when they met.

Maybe not even beginning; maybe he had long since lost touch, and bowling with Donny and Walter was all he had left. But the whole experience reinvigorated him. Showed him there were things still worth valuing. A shakeup is a good thing, every once in a while.

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AshingKushner@reddit

I won’t disagree with your take; I personally see the Dude as always being exactly where he needs to be at any given moment.

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EnvironmentalPack451@reddit

Many of the most powerful people wear robes to work

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PPLavagna@reddit

I always wondered if that doctor took a look at his rash. He’s a good man, and thorough

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International_Row928@reddit

But he also rolled his way into the semi’s, did a jay, enjoyed a fine dance quintet, had some good burgers and had coitus with Maude. I’d call that even.

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OnlyFreshBrine@reddit

This is about as good as any of us could hope for.

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laaazlo@reddit

I know if I did all that I could die without feeling like the good Lord gypped me

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Ramblin_Bard472@reddit

And from what I hear there's a little Lebowski on the way.

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hobocansquatcobbler@reddit

That got a laugh out of me

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hobocansquatcobbler@reddit

He also won the respect of the narrator, and endeared a generation of followers. His influence far surpasses what he did with the "Seattle Seven."

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dant90@reddit

…coitus?

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DINNERTIME_CUNT@reddit

The physical act of love.

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AlGeee@reddit

It can be a natural, zesty enterprise

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MudlarkJack@reddit

Fucking A man

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TrainwreckTrials@reddit

Fkn best yet....now Stfu..

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Conscious_Set_2140@reddit

All dude wanted was his rug back

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Axle-f@reddit

10% of million dollars. $10,000.

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OkMortgage862@reddit

Clams

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physicsbuddha@reddit

I just have to check with my accountant…

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RichardtheGingerBoss@reddit

bones or clams

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Commercial_Set2986@reddit

Just slip the rent under my door

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huskerd0@reddit

*fist pump

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nice--marmot@reddit

I dig the way you do business, Axle.

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hornwalker@reddit

All the Dude ever wanted was his rug back

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huskerd0@reddit

While I do enjoy responding with nothing but movie quotes, sometimes we should go a bit deeper. I totally recommend watching the “making of” - I think it explains quite a bit of coen bros thinking. For example, whether or not he has a rug was kind of an intentional omission. Or rather, such an omission, that they did not even think about answering that question. Which probably goes a long way in explaining the mentality and context of the story

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RichardtheGingerBoss@reddit

What the fuck are you talking about?

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Ramblin_Bard472@reddit

Parla usted ingles?

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RichardtheGingerBoss@reddit

Dimmi, Sandro...Sì? Sì? Che ridicolo!

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huskerd0@reddit

Lol

Angry upvote

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RichardtheGingerBoss@reddit

The Dude abides.

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handy_arson@reddit

Gave the dude a beeper

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DontBelieveHimHer@reddit

There is no fucking money, there never was.

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Ramblin_Bard472@reddit

But did Walter get his undies back?

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DontBelieveHimHer@reddit

What’s mine is mine.

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keanenottheband@reddit

He could have walked away with just piss stains on his rug

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Ramblin_Bard472@reddit

Yeah, nothing ever changes. Fucking Nazis.

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comicmuse1982@reddit

I didn't like seeing Donny go.

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CidCrisis@reddit

Donny who loved bowling.

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Ramblin_Bard472@reddit

And as a surfer he explored the beaches of Southern California, from La Jolla and Leo Carillo and up to Pismo.

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AdultishRaktajino@reddit

That’s a bummer man.

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Ramblin_Bard472@reddit

Hey, that's life, man! Ups and downs, strikes and gutters!

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dream_monkey@reddit

Speaking of which, do you think, uh, that you could, uh, give me my $20,000 in cash? Uh, my concern is, and I've got to check it with my accountant, but that this might bump me up into a higher tax, uh….

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tgold77@reddit

All the Dude ever wanted was his rug back.

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Zestyclose-Mud-4683@reddit

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That’s his victory

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physicsbuddha@reddit

100% i think Maude paid him. I have a personal theory that she hired him as an “art consultant” so he would continue to have an allowance, which is ample, so that the little Lebowski would never have to find out their dad was homeless or something.

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BuddyLongshots@reddit

I've always felt the sound track choices made by the Cohen brothers were always very important to their story telling. The outro song is dead flowers (covered by Townes Van Zandt written by the Rolling Stones). The song contrasts two opposite lifestyles (rich/lavish vs poor/depressed) and elicits a "life goes on" type of feeling. In the context of the film I'd say the song represents a return to normal/status quo for the dude. I'd say the dude is back to exactly where we found him at the beginning of this whole fiasco. Taking her easy for all us sinners...

If he got paid or not... well dude, we just don't know.

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XYZZY_1002@reddit (OP)

I think so. What I miss?

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