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NukeTheBurbz@reddit

Weed doesn’t drive the plot in The Big Lebowski. The movie is more of a celebration of the types of people who defined the later half of the 20th century, rather than being a celebration of stoners.

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sarevok2@reddit

I agree, the movie is its own thing and a bit difficult to assign it only into one distinct genre.

Its playing one side against the other, in bed with everybody, fabulous stuff, man.

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Genre-wise, it's detective noir. Though it subverts every aspect of the genre. The detective isn't a detective, the victim isn't a victim. The sultry woman just wants his sperm and specifically not a relationship. If you squint you could even see Walter as his leg man, who specifically leads him to the wrong conclusion and pushes him into the wrong actions at every turn. The only person acting their part is the PI Bunny's parents hired, which is why his scene is so funny IMO.

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TheoriesAbound8@reddit

That's very interesting. In other words, a Coen Brothers comedy?

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CarberHotdogVac@reddit

The storyline is ludicrous.

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mandiblesofdoom@reddit

A dick, man!

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Grip-my-juiceky@reddit

Well, I still jerkoff manually

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time2payfiddlerwhore@reddit

The story is absolutely ludacris.

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El_Gumb0@reddit

QUE RIDICULO AJAJAJAJA

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Solenya-C137@reddit

It only drives the plot in that dropping a roach in his lap causes the dude to crash the car and find Little Larry's homework. But it didn't have to be weed, so I agree with you!

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EnvironmentalPack451@reddit

But have you ever watched it... on weeed?

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CarberHotdogVac@reddit

There’s a guy in the bushes, does he have a gun? Red team go, red team go!

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nugsy_mcb@reddit

Maui Wowee!!

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RichardtheGingerBoss@reddit

I'm gonna check out the stars later

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BassBootyStank@reddit

Well, that and a pair of testicles…

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DINNERTIME_CUNT@reddit

He’s a good man, and thorough.

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Zestyclose-Mud-4683@reddit

No man she hit me right here

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Kitchen_Ad_5382@reddit

Perhaps you're right

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Stunning_Feature_943@reddit

Please, feel free to inspect them.

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BassBootyStank@reddit

Haha, yeah man, I got a rash !…

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Bubonic_Batt@reddit

Perhaps you’re right

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Open-Illustra88er@reddit

Vagina.

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Dudeist-Priest@reddit

I am the walrus

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Electrical_Chicken@reddit

Shut the fuck up, Donny.

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scoosRNR@reddit

V.I. Lenin!

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ShredGuru@reddit

I thought is was about a rug, dude.

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unknowinglurker@reddit

The rug really tied the movie together.

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Shotentastic@reddit

Rug pee-ers didn’t do this

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Sazzzyyy@reddit

What are you, a fucking park ranger?

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WhyLater@reddit

Well said. The main character is the only stoner, and it's just a personality trait, not a plot device (dropped joint in the car aside).

Honestly, there's so much nuance in every scene and the overall plot, that it seems like a waste to watch the movie high. Y'know, unless it's your 100th rewatch.

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shikimasan@reddit

I agree with your take, it’s more like Seinfeld in being a show about nothing. Like a slice of life, dropping some really clearly drawn characters representative of a time and place into a series of victimless crimes to see how they react. The redemptive ending with Walter I think was a celebration of accepting our flaws and flaws in others. It was sad to see Donny go, though.

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UncutYEMs@reddit

Well there isn’t a literal connection dude.

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CallsYouCunt@reddit

He looks like a fuckin’ loser to me.

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-Super-Ficial-@reddit

That's interesting man, that's fucking interesting.

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taddymason_01@reddit

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shrug_addict@reddit

It's a detective story where the detective has no clue what's going on

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Teleshadow@reddit

I’d argue it’s a detective noir film.

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TryAgain024@reddit

Lotta ins, lotta outs. Lotta strands to keep in ol’ audience members heads man.

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OG-Giligadi@reddit

Jeff Bridges and the Cohen brothers are on record stating that Lebowsku is based on a real guy who is an avowed stoner, and that Bridges would often ask 'do you think he did a J prior to this' before filming a scene. The answer was virtually always yes.

I'm not sure of this makes it a stoner comedy, but it is a comedy focusing on A stoner.

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SnooPears5096@reddit

I think this is like when people ask if Pink Floyd is a Prog Rock band. They obviously fulfill all the requirements. But Prog Rock has a reputation for being kind of shitty and Pink Floyd is not shitty. So people pretend they're not.

The Big Lebowski is a trippy, weird comedy in which marijuana plays a key role. It's obviously a stoner comedy. But it's also a really great well-made movie. So people pretend it's not.

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DavidM47@reddit

The Big Lebowski is about the ironies of life, and some recurring themes include self-righteous hypocrisy and the failure to take responsibility for one’s actions. Now, if you don’t mind, I’m very busy, as I imagine you are.

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TradeIcy1669@reddit

No, I am not “Mr. Lebowski”. You’re Mr. Lebowski. I’m the Dude.

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DavidM47@reddit

So that’s what ya call me.

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Jimmybuffett4life@reddit

We believe in nothing

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GrumpyCatStevens@reddit

Say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, but at least it’s an ethos.

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ArtAccurate9552@reddit

Came to say this

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Kitchen_Ad_5382@reddit

That sounds exhausting

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WilltheNYJetseverwin@reddit

But I do mind.

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FalseDmitriy@reddit

The Dude minds

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WhatIsTheAmplitude@reddit

This aggression will not stand, man

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Impressive_Math2302@reddit

We’ve been frantically trying to reach you, Dude

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Bulky_Play_4032@reddit

Ya…well you know, that’s just like your opinion, man

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corneliusduff@reddit

I thought I remembered the Coens saying it basically was their idea of a stoner comedy. Could be wrong, though. Essentially, I'd say it's just that. Not a cliche one, a Coen one.

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MrBark@reddit

I'm sorry. I wasn't listening.

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Wageslavesyndrome@reddit

Throwing a mug at your head.

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Santa_Hates_You@reddit

OP is the Chief of Police of Malibu. Real reactionary.

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Easy_Duhz_it_@reddit

Fucking fascist....

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Famous_Exercise8538@reddit

Psychedelic comedy, really. Much closer to fear and loathing than dazed and confused.

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JermHole71@reddit

Nah it’s a slacker comedy.

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SolomonDRand@reddit

No, it’s a comedy featuring a protagonist who smokes weed. He smokes a few times throughout the film, never with anyone else if I recall correctly, and nothing about the plot has much to do with weed or getting high. In fact, I think the only time he even mentions it is when he asks the Big Lebowski if he could do a j.

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theschadowknows@reddit

Didn’t he and Maude smoke a joint together in bed after he “just helped her conceive”? Or did she not hit it?

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SolomonDRand@reddit

I believe she waved it away when he offered.

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ShredGuru@reddit

The Dude is such a career stoner that he's not even observably high.

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Prime_Choice_Depths@reddit

It’s for stoners with brains

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deformo@reddit

What the fuck you talkin about man?

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CommonSensei-_@reddit

The movie is obviously about ‘Nam!

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1_shade_off@reddit

What the fuck does any of this have to do with vietnam, man?!?

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CommonSensei-_@reddit

Well, there isn’t a literal connection

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Tasty-Application807@reddit (OP)

Unchecked aggression. The man in the black pajamas.

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El_Duderino304@reddit

Worthy fuckin adversary dude

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Addbradsozer@reddit

Me and Charlie...eye-ball to eye-ball

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LouDog187@reddit

Pacifism is NOT...look at the current situation with that camel fucker in Iraq.

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ShredGuru@reddit

Please dude, that is not the preferred nomenclature.

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CarberHotdogVac@reddit

Humped even toed ungulate fucker, please.

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Momik@reddit

Don’t be fatuous, Jeffrey.

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CarberHotdogVac@reddit

Don’t be jeffruous, Fatty.

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Momik@reddit

I did you what you see there.

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CarberHotdogVac@reddit

Updoots abound momik.

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Tasty-Application807@reddit (OP)

This should be a tattoo.

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RichardtheGingerBoss@reddit

tattoo it on your forehead

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mobydoubledick@reddit

Who’s in pajamas Walter?

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Key-Contest-2879@reddit

Shut the fuck up, Donny.

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MoSqueezin@reddit

Are these men going to hurt us, Walter?

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El_Duderino304@reddit

These men are cowards

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RedLeg73@reddit

Eight year olds dude......

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kathrinet2022@reddit

The man in the black pajamas!

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CANSANO@reddit

You are out of your fuckin' element, Donny!

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ad-tom-music@reddit

Over this line... YOU DO NOT

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shartsofglass_@reddit

Do ya have to use so many cuss words?

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SpecificMoment5242@reddit

What the fuck are you talking about?

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MoSqueezin@reddit

Ok dude, have it your way

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kathrinet2022@reddit

Exxxxxactly!

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DaClarkeKnight@reddit

Yeah and it’s a mystery

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MySuperHotCousin@reddit

Ever since watching TBL, I have come to enjoy and look forward to my annual prostate exam.

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2Riders@reddit

I mean the dream sequences alone should solidify that

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ThornmaneTreebeard@reddit

Well, dude...we just don't know

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SignComprehensive611@reddit

I’ve only watched it stoned and I have no idea what it’s even about, all I remember is a guy getting his head dunked, he and his buddy bowling against a guy in a purple tracksuit, some blonde girl, and a lot of stuff about a finger

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Tasty-Application807@reddit (OP)

Lol you must've been really stoned. And also drunk. And probably not very bright either. 😅🤡

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SignComprehensive611@reddit

I was stoned out of my mind, I hadn’t smoked in a year or so, and had lost all my tolerance. My friend was kind enough to pick up something really strong 😂 I want to go back and rewatch it, but I enjoy having a stupid high school story to relate from time to time

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YoCal_4200@reddit

I think that it is a stoner comedy in the sense that it is popular with stoners and has that reputation. I don’t think that it was the Coen’s intention though. The main character smokes weed, but no one else really does.

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ThreeN20chrctrs@reddit

What day is this?

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CountDoooooku@reddit

Actually I would say it’s a detective noir first and foremost, because the plotting follows the conventions of that genre more. But I remember reading an interview with the Cohens somewhere where they said they thought it would make a good movie to set some aging stoner as the detective in a complex maltise falcon style mystery. And there you have it.

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Silkies4life@reddit

Nah. I think stoner comedies lean into the weed part of it a little more like Half Baked and Cheech and Chong. Lebowski is just like a dude, ya know, that happens to smoke weed.

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thrownalee@reddit

It's been suggested that most of the characters seem to have got lost on the way to another movie; TBL and Maude are in a film noir but the Dude is trying to complete a stoner comedy, the nihilists are escapees from a Tarantino film, and Walter is in the Deer Hunter or some other Vietnam-vet film.

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modernmovements@reddit

No, it’s a Stoner Film Noir.

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Jagster_rogue@reddit

Is it a stoner comedy no… it’s not pigeonholed that only stoners can appreciate it. But if you are a stoner the movie is a lot more enjoyable because you get a on of things non stoners don’t.

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Mediocre-Catch9580@reddit

We believe in NOTHING

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lexxxcockwell@reddit

Say what you want about the tenets of national socialism but at least it’s an ethos

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MoSqueezin@reddit

Take the four dollars!

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Key-Contest-2879@reddit

What’s mine is mine.

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RichardtheGingerBoss@reddit

We fukk U ups man, we takes da muh-nee.

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City_Of_Champs@reddit

Nuh-sing!

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cqshep@reddit

Oh… must be exhausting.

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Chile_Chowdah@reddit

Shut the fuck up, Donnie

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Electronic_Cow_7055@reddit

Pissed on my fucking rug man!

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TheIgnitor@reddit

In the parlance of our times

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guiltycitizen@reddit

Made me laugh to beat the band

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Weird-Yesterday-8129@reddit

Most stoner comedies don't have the intellectual and film noir elements of the Big Lebowski, which makes it so great.

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ShredGuru@reddit

I'm pretty sure Chinatown is a stoner comedy if you are stoned enough.

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Weird-Yesterday-8129@reddit

So is Apocalypse Now

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PoxyMusic@reddit

He punched a mirror! Lol

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ShredGuru@reddit

"Bro, what the fuck is Brando even saying?"

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pretzelllogician@reddit

Brando can’t watch, or he has to pay $100.

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HisDudeness3008@reddit

Forget it, Jake, let's go bowling.

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Dimmer_switchin@reddit

It’s loosely based on “The Big Sleep” and other crime/noir stories from that era.

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awsumsauces@reddit

Any movie can be a stoner movie if set your mind to it. The Big Lebowski is so much more but yes, it can also be considered a quality stoner flick.

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DatBeardedguy82@reddit

Nice marmot

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HeyMarty10thalready@reddit

Well dude we just don’t know

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TheDudeTakesPhotos@reddit

Dude, this is a league game, this determines who enters the next round robin.

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NJdeathproof@reddit

Get the fuck outta my cab.

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hornwalker@reddit

Mmm…that and a pair of testicles

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Dr_StrangeLovePHD@reddit

It's THE stoner comedy. TBL works as a movie apart from the label. For many years I enjoyed it for what it was as a movie about a stoner burnout trying to navigate a situation completely beyond his grasp, but earlier thus year I watched it high and it took on an entirely knew depth. I empathized with the Dude's altered state of confusion and terrorized by Walter's manic, delusional machismo as he rambles about an uzi. So many bits are heightened as what may be a funny gag is even more so because you find yourself laughing at yourself. Like when Dude nails the board to the flour and sets the chair against and you peice together the ingenuity only to realize your as hapless as Dude.
The Big Lebowski is transcendent. It's leagues and bounds beyond any other stoner comedy. Outclassing them all by just being a solid movie in it's own right.

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sweatynreadyy@reddit

The first time I watched this was with my wife, she was my girlfriend at the time. We were pretty new to smoking. We smoked and watched this and had to turn it off after like 30 minutes because we didn’t understand it. We watched it years later not sure if sober or not but loved it. It was hard for us to accept the premise is about a rug when we were high

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El_Duderino304@reddit

Lotta ins, lotta outs...

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HisDudeness3008@reddit

From your nick, I reckon you're not into the whole brevity thing...

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rmac1228@reddit

Lotta what have yous

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El_Duderino304@reddit

Lotta strands to keep in my head, man...lotta strands in ol' Duder's head.

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Viperburn1@reddit

No, it’s a drama about a man and his carpet.

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sci-fi-rec@reddit

Have it your way, dude

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Tasty-Application807@reddit (OP)

Into the whole brevity thing, I see.

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Buddy-Nuggs@reddit

Obviously you’re not a bowler…..

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BlackCherrySeltzer4U@reddit

It’s a modern retelling of The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler

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surfinbird@reddit

It’s more of a neo noir but the Coen brothers inserted a stoner into the detective role

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K0tnKandy-69@reddit

Do you mind if I smoke a J?

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ech01@reddit

Stoner Neo Noir.

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guelah25@reddit

The main character is a stoner, to label the comedy as such is a great disservice to a brilliantly created film

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Luftgekuhlt_driver@reddit

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NewtGingrichsMother@reddit

The way you’ve framed your post seems to imply that a stoner film can’t also be a good film. But alas, The Big Lebowski is both.

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Tasty-Application807@reddit (OP)

The stoner films I've seen are not bad films, but few films are truly transcendent art. TBL is one such film.

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NewtGingrichsMother@reddit

It is indeed. I have a hard time believing it will ever be topped.

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j592dk_91_c3w-h_d_r@reddit

TBL is what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ASS!

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stonrelectropunkjazz@reddit

Mind if I do a J?

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NerdBlizzards@reddit

All the Dude wanted was his rug back.

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Richard_Nachos@reddit

It's a comedic neo-noir. Cannabis is maybe a footnote in the story, if that.

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nice_coat_serbedzija@reddit

Yes, one that is steeped in neo noir.

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spudmuffin726@reddit

Stoner Noir

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This-Boss-4123@reddit

Hey Woo isnt this guy supposed to be a millionaire?

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DallasM0therFucker@reddit

IMDB says it is: https://m.imdb.com/interest/in0000048/?ref_=fn_al_in_1

But that’s just, like, their opinion, man.

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peterpaulrubens@reddit

Is it a stoner comedy? Yes.

Is that the only label you should apply? Not at all.

Also, dude, “stoner comedy” is not the preferred nomenclature. “Cannabis laugher”, please.

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Tasty-Application807@reddit (OP)

That's fucking interesting, man. That's fucking interesting.

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PhillipJ3ffries@reddit

It’s a stoner detective film, yes. It’s maybe not the most accurate description compared to other “stoner” films, but I think it fits

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Acceptable_Pain_9213@reddit

I'll put it this way... the first time I saw it on video in 1999, I stopped the VHS at Gutterballs and was like "This is too weird. I don't get it." Then I returned it to Blockbuster. I started smoking weed in 2000. Now, TBL is one of my favorite films. You do the math. 😆

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Open-Illustra88er@reddit

Same!!! I thought it was hokey the first time I saw it.

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Acceptable_Pain_9213@reddit

I was an innocent college student when I first watched it. Then I had a cool relative share the devil's lettuce at Christmastime in 2000. The rest is history.

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RichardtheGingerBoss@reddit

the devil's lettuce!

you mean . . . reefer?

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Acceptable_Pain_9213@reddit

Mind if I do a J?

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RichardtheGingerBoss@reddit

to keep the mind limber

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LaphroaigianSlip81@reddit

I’ve seen a lot of stoner comedies, Dude, and this film is a fake. A fucking goldbricker.

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Bulldogfront666@reddit

Yes. It’s just a really good stoner movie. And also just a really good movie.

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Live-Motor-4000@reddit

Like, that’s your opinion man

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ddust102@reddit

I always thought it “stoner comedy” was a reductive way at looking at my favorite movie of all time.

Yes, there is weed in the film but it’s not the focus of the movie.

The movie is about so much more than smoking weed. It’s about the randomness of life, friendship, bowling, lazy summer nights, etc

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Suitable-Ad6999@reddit

If anyone is out of his element it’s OP

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aneurism75@reddit

That some kind of eastern thing?

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Tasty-Application807@reddit (OP)

Far from it, Dude.

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veritable_squandry@reddit

this is a lot of movies

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pudpudboogie@reddit

You’re out of your element op

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Tasty-Application807@reddit (OP)

You're joking... but perhaps you're right.

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CoercionTictacs@reddit

I can’t speak for the stoner audience as I’m not one, but it’s an amazing comedy non-stoned.

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Tasty-Application807@reddit (OP)

Me neither, maybe that's underlying my question.

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LarsThorwald@reddit

No. It’s a late 20th Century take on The Maltese Falcon or The Big Sleep or any Marlowe. It’s meant to have a complicated plot that can’t be easily followed, with a PI who is not a PI. It flips noir on its head. Few scenes take place at night, few scenes make intrinsic sense. It’s Anti-Noir while following many noir rules.

The fact that the Dude smokes weed is irrelevant.

The closest thing is maybe The Long Goodbye. Goofy PI, actually doesn’t solve anything. Except Marlowe in that smoked cigarettes, not weed.

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Tasty-Application807@reddit (OP)

Right, that makes sense.

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Impossible-Money7801@reddit

It redefined the genre. All previous “stoner movies” were reclassified as and absorbed into “late night comedies.”

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Adventurous-Rub7636@reddit

Yes a very dated stupid one.

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Tasty-Application807@reddit (OP)

I'm sorry I wasn't listening.

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RichardtheGingerBoss@reddit

Dude, are you fuckin' this up?

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Adventurous-Rub7636@reddit

Oh my god no

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ComicsEtAl@reddit

“Up In Smoke” is a stoner comedy. “big Lebowski” is a comedy with a character who smokes weed and that weed smokers enjoy.

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Tasty-Application807@reddit (OP)

That's kinda where I'm headed

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linkinshire@reddit

Everything is a stoner comedy if you try hard enough.

But yes I do think it could be. I mean I have fun watching it with a j or bowl

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Tasty-Application807@reddit (OP)

Martyrs? Kids? Storytelling? Hitler Documentaries?

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Coyote_Roadrunna@reddit

Debatable. It's not really related to the blatant stoner films, though, like Dazed and Confused, Pineapple Express, Half Baked, or Smiley Face.

It's way more of a movie about His Dudeness, or, uh, Duder, or El Duderino, if you're not into the whole brevity thing.

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KissingerCorpse@reddit

I'm a stoner, I laughed.

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SaggitariusTerranova@reddit

Maybe a stoner film noir?

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palavrao@reddit

But you know me. I can’t complain.

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taoistchainsaw@reddit

No; Bowling Noir.

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plumbusinsuranceltd@reddit

More a lazy man's tale. He's the laziest man in Los Anglees County...which puts him in the running for laziest world wide. Fuck this, let's fuckin roll.

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scrubjays@reddit

It is a film noir.

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Barbarossa7070@reddit

Mind if I do a j?

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Riffpin@reddit

Can I get a beverage here?

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Denver-Ski@reddit

Bah’s ovah thah

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EvilStupid@reddit

What the fuck is with this guy? Who is he?

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plumbusinsuranceltd@reddit

He's a good man. And thorough.

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_NedPepper_@reddit

Fuckin’ A

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lmflex@reddit

Far out man...

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say_it_aint_slow@reddit

So if you just want to, slide the rent under the door, that would be great.

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habman@reddit

I'm just gonna go find a cash machine.

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uoplayer1@reddit

Far fucking out.

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Cropulis@reddit

Stoner Noir Comedy

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LevelGrounded@reddit

Mind if I do a J?

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ElmoLewis2000@reddit

Does the pope shit in the woods?

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MinglewoodRider@reddit

It's a noir crime drama dressed up as a stoner comedy

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MDeruki420ta@reddit

Perhaps you're right

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Longjumping-Emotion5@reddit

Well I know I can't bowl without catching a buzz so.......there's that.

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FantasticMrSinister@reddit

What gave it away? 🤷‍♂️

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NorCenKan1990@reddit

I think it is, but It doesn't try to be. The Dude is...ya know...he's the Dude, man!

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often_awkward@reddit

It's a comedy about a rug really bringing the room together. It's an interior decoration comedy. Definitely nothing about drugs at all. Not one bit.

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sdavidson0819@reddit

It seems like more of a white Russian movie to me.

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RichardtheGingerBoss@reddit

or two oat sodas

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ShredGuru@reddit

It's just a good movie, dude. Don't overthink it.

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RichardtheGingerBoss@reddit

Fuck it Dude. Let's go bowling.

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Diligent-Ability-447@reddit

You seem to be seeing the picture. Name one ‘stoner film’ that created a religion. Dudeism

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EnvironmentalPack451@reddit

A religion based on "Dude, Where's my Car?"? Where do i sign up?

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Diligent-Ability-447@reddit

Il Duderino found his car quickly. Please google Dudeism. Dude where’s my car is juvenile fiction. TBL is ART in its highest, most pointless form. Unless you understand religion

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EnvironmentalPack451@reddit

Yeah well that's just like, you know, your opinion, man

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Diligent-Ability-447@reddit

I cannot think of a quote from ‘Dude where’s my car’ as a comeback. I can say ‘My buddies did not die face down in the mud for you to malign art.”

Bit I really dig your style. Playing one side against itself.

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Key-Contest-2879@reddit

In bed with everyone.

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RichardtheGingerBoss@reddit

just helping her conceive man!

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EnvironmentalPack451@reddit

And then?

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Spicethrower@reddit

No and then

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Diligent-Ability-447@reddit

Don’t be fatuous.

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Key-Contest-2879@reddit

I’m sorry, I wasn’t listening.

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blakkstar6@reddit

Dudeism is not a religion. It's a philosophy. There is no worship taking place, no building where we get tithed, no book to be translated and misconstrued. There are ordained ministers, yes, but they don't wear fancy durned robes or undies. They just dispense wisdom according to general tenets. And perform marriage ceremonies, because it's fun to occupy administrative buildings.

There is nothing to corrupt, though, which is what truly separates it. There's no pretending our 'savior' is some divine being with miraculous powers. The image of him will always be that of a great man who was also a lazy man, as can plainly be seen by all. Truly one of us; a view of our potential and forgiveness for not reaching it, all in one.

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Key-Contest-2879@reddit

He might even be the laziest man in LA county.

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Cmmander_WooHoo@reddit

Which would put him high in the running for laziest world wide.

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Kitchen_Ad_5382@reddit

He was a man of his time. He fit right in there.

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Diligent-Ability-447@reddit

Dudeism lacks dogma. It holds all markers as religion. It is a religion defined and accepted. It is not monotheistic.

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bestbeforeMar91@reddit

Fellow Honorary Doctor of Philosophy in the field of Leisure Science from Abide University?

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Diligent-Ability-447@reddit

Is there a point to that statement other than asking my bonafides? I have none. The film and religion stand alone.

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Zeallit@reddit

Oh, yeah, yeah. No, I did, but, you know, I spent most of my time occupying various administration buildings, smoking a lot of Thai stick, breaking into the ROTC and bowling.

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IamTheGoodest@reddit

you are in a unique position to confirm or disconfirm that suspicion

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YoungThriftShop@reddit

Her life is in your hands, dude.

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Zestyclose-Mud-4683@reddit

Don’t say that man.

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LordSloth666@reddit

Her life is I your hands Dude.

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RichardtheGingerBoss@reddit

don't say that man

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Background-Low-9144@reddit

He smokes in basically every scene. Yes it is a stoner movie, but so much more than that

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joet889@reddit

It's the Coens' version of a stoner comedy, the same way Eyes Wide Shut is Kubrick's idea of a porn film.

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booveebeevoo@reddit

This aggression is not gonna stand man

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PilotlessOwl@reddit

It's a stoner postmodernist neo-noir comedy in search of a cash machine

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DINNERTIME_CUNT@reddit

Is this a… what day is this?

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say_it_aint_slow@reddit

Did you LISTEN to the dude's story?

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AnybodyAlarmed1205@reddit

Everything’s a fucking travesty with you, man.

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fpaulmusic@reddit

Every movie is a stoner comedy if you’ve smoked enough

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Painbow_High_And_Bi@reddit

I consider it one of the few, if not the only, example of a HIGH-BROW stoner comedy. It's not just there to be silly, there's points to be made as well.

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SobchakCommaWalter@reddit

Donnie, please.

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garpar1365@reddit

Phones ringing, dude.

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usernamechecksout67@reddit

The story is ludicrous

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DabbledInPacificm@reddit

What in gods holy name are you blathering about?

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imexpectingafax@reddit

Does the pope shit in the woods?

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Hippiehannes1983@reddit

Its a comedy watch by Stoner but is not a Stoner comedy . But the dude is a rolemodel for life

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StarWarsMonopoly@reddit

Oh...you never went to college!

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Acceptable_Pain_9213@reddit

Your mom goes to college.

Sorry, wrong movie.

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Riffpin@reddit

Were you even listening to the Dudes story?

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Tasty-Application807@reddit (OP)

Occupied various administration buildings...

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Key-Contest-2879@reddit

Smoked a lot of Thai stick.

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Bontkers@reddit

My advice to you is do what your parents did… Get a job sir!!

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CatBoyTrip@reddit

stoner nior.

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Ok_Television9820@reddit

“Stoner comedy” is like Nam, man. No rules.

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FrustratedPCBuild@reddit

I was talking about my rug.

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drawredraw@reddit

That’s fucking interesting, man. That’s fucking interesting

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HoverboardRampage@reddit

To call it a stoner comedy does it a disservice in my opinion, as it is much more than that.

It started this neo-noir dramedy shit...

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stos313@reddit

Yeah man. I mean there is a lot of ins a lot of outs a lot of what have yous but yeah man.

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ZombieLebowski@reddit

It's a bowling movie about...... Hey mind if if do a Jay

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Tasty-Application807@reddit (OP)

They tried to have a sort of moment in Pineapple Express on the playground IIRC but I wasn't really buying it to be honest. I think some of that had to do with the acting, and Summit had to do with the writing.

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Diligent-Ability-447@reddit

A moment is not an over arching understanding. A moment is a blip. That’s why the color of money was about ‘greed is good.’ Not about, ‘make something of your life that is not about the buying and selling of others’, two opposed moments. But greed is good won

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DeuceOfDiamonds@reddit

Dude, are you fucking up "The Color of Money" and "Wall Street"?!?

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Diligent-Ability-447@reddit

My mistake. My regimen has not been cared for

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adityabalaraman@reddit

Not a stoner comedy. It's more for people who spent their time in college occupying various administrative buildings

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kathrinet2022@reddit

I have the collectors edition! Wheeee

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Spicethrower@reddit

Brandt can watch, but he has to pay.

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cqshep@reddit

You’re being very Un-Dude. Not a stoner comedy.

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CarberHotdogVac@reddit

Humped even toed ungulate fucker, please.

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Mulliganasty@reddit

Breaking character to say no it's definitely not just a stoner comedy: it's got a lot to say about class, wealth, gender and American geo-politics.

To the extent drugs and booze are a part of the story it's to show how the Dude and other disillusioned boomers are dealing with the reality of early-90s Neo-Conservative America.

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gratusin@reddit

Geo politics? You mean like that camel fucker in Iraq?

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Mulliganasty@reddit

Yes and also Walter's buddies dying face down in the muck in a rich man's war.

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Cmmander_WooHoo@reddit

Walter, this isn’t a first amendment thing, man

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Mulliganasty@reddit

For your information, the Supreme Court has roundly rejected prior restraint.

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WrinkledRandyTravis@reddit

I am the walrus

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Mulliganasty@reddit

Shut the fuck up, Donny.

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Nearby_Lobster2225@reddit

What in gods holy name are you blathering about?

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Direct-Carry5458@reddit

That's just like your opinion man

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random_name0224@reddit

How is this comment not higher lol

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JRWinn17@reddit

The beaver picture?

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bigrigbilly123@reddit

I love the movie but I just bowl, don’t stone

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WalterCanFindToes@reddit

That has not occurred to us Dude.

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anditcounts@reddit

It's a movie about the way the whole durned human comedy keeps perpetuatin' itself down through the generations. Westward the wagons, across the sands of time until we - ah, look at me. I'm ramblin' again.

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SolidSnek1998@reddit

Dios Mio

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carlweaver@reddit

No. It’s a noir film in which the main character is a stoner.

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JaguarPaw_FC@reddit

You mind if I do a J?

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boulevardofdef@reddit

It's not a stoner comedy, it's a comedy about a stoner. That's not to say it can't be appreciated by stoners, but it's not a stoner comedy.

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MonkMajor5224@reddit

I think it’s a detective story more than anything

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seismicorder@reddit

were you listening to the Dude’s story, Donny?

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Key-Contest-2879@reddit

The Dude is the only stoner in the film. Everyone else is pretty uptight, except for the nihilists, who are just cowards.

But, you know, that’s just, uh, like, my opinion, man.

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DryProgress4393@reddit

Yes it's a Stoner comedy loose retelling/ of 'The Big Sleep' by Raymond Chandler..

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Daynebutter@reddit

Honestly, I would say it's not because the movie isn't about weed, and outside of a few scenes, it's inconsequential to the movie.

There's only three scenes involving MJ that I can recall:

Mind if I do a J? Granted this scene probably isn't as funny without it, but it still has the same impact. The Dude would still think Mr. Lebowski's story is a bummer. He still gets wrapped up in the scheme.
Smoking after a zesty enterprise with Maude. Him hitting a roach doesn't change the scene. He still tries to impress Maude with his career reflection. Maude doesn't care that much regardless about the father, she just wanted to be pregnant.
Dropping the roach into his lap. Ok, this scene isn't the same without weed, fair enough.
Smoking in the bathtub. He's still vibing hard with the candles and the whale songs. You still get the marmot and the nihilists barging in.

I think weed accentuates some of the scenes, but it's not the core of what makes them funny or compelling. That's the key difference and is what makes TBL not a traditional stoner comedy like Pineapple Express, Cheech and Chong, or Harold and Kumar go to White Castle.

Weed doesn't make the Dude. Weed is but one of a million parts that are the Dude.

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couldbeworse2@reddit

It’s film noir where all the tropes are upended

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Away-Quantity928@reddit

Not a stoner movie but universally loved by all stoners.

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smmamer@reddit

“Obviously you’re not a golfer”

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kingjared9@reddit

Lot of Thai stick

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-Super-Ficial-@reddit

The occaisonal acid flashback.

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Tasty-Application807@reddit (OP)

Tell ya the truth I don't remember most of it.

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NWMossBack@reddit

It’s actually a remake of Bergman’s Seventh Seal. But with death and chess replaced by nihilism and bowling.

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IcarusForPrez@reddit

Mind if I do a J?

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FlippityFlop121@reddit

Obviously, you're not a golfer.

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Drewp655321@reddit

yes, the movie is a stone-ness, stoner or El Stonerino comedy... if you're not into the whole brevity thing!

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NoShortsDon@reddit

Are you employed, sir?

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Tasty-Application807@reddit (OP)

What day is this?

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NoShortsDon@reddit

The bums lost! Condolences.

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logjames@reddit

It’s a mystery with, in typical Coen fashion, very eccentric characters

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Ok_Knowledge_5997@reddit

You’re obviously not a stoner

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ShredGuru@reddit

What movie isn't a stoner movie?

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el_pyrata@reddit

The Big Lebowski is a stoner movie; a parody noir film; a crime movie; a political comedy; a mystery movie. It’s all of those, and none. Well Dude, we just don’t know.

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bourbnboi@reddit

Mind if I do a J

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Ok-Lavishness-7904@reddit

It’s a very complicated case

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OpalGemStoner@reddit

Sometimes you smoke the weed and sometimes the weed smokes you.

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Diligent-Ability-447@reddit

My mental regimen has been lacking

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DeuceOfDiamonds@reddit

Well, y'know, that's just like, uh... your opinion, man.

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draynay@reddit

It's a workplace comedy for the unemployed

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FalseDmitriy@reddit

Employed?

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MoSqueezin@reddit

What day is this?

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clutchguy84@reddit

Well, Dude, we just don't know

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MoSqueezin@reddit

This is our concern, dude.

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ConditionYellow@reddit

I think it depends entirely on your definition of a stoner comedy.

Mine is simple: if it’s a funny movie to watch while stoned. So, yes.

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Open-Illustra88er@reddit

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ExistingBathroom9742@reddit

No, it’s just a comedy with a stoner in it. I can tell because I think it’s funny. No stoner comedy has ever been funny to me. Except half baked, but that’s just because Dave Chappelle was a comedy genius.

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jamescharisma@reddit

I know I'm breaking protocol here, but in all seriousness, it's funnier when I'm stoned. There's a lot of jokes that land better when I'm high. When I'm sober, I still notice things that I didn't before in the background and that always keeps me entertained.

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