Maude looked at the entire Los Angeles sperm donor pool and landed on Jeffrey Lebowski, a man with the same legal name as her father. Tremendous stuff.
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unzest@reddit
Maude is just a progressive rich white west coaster with daddy issues. Everyone in this movie is totally dysfunctional. Thats the point. Many movies have this trope. You aren’t supposed to like or idealize these people because they are all losers in one way or another. Thats why they find each other and interact. They aren’t strangers. They are all on the same level.
Juicethetangelo@reddit
How many others were an author of the Port Huron Statement*?
*the original, not the compromised second draft
kharringtonvideoarts@reddit
That was him. And six other guys.
Whaddyalookinatmygut@reddit
Fun Fact:
Jeff O’Dowd, real life dude, was actually one of the Seattle Seven charged with inciting a riot. Him and six other members of the Seattle Liberation Front.
MuscaMurum@reddit
I met a very drunk Jeff Dowd at a party in Seattle. "I'm The Dude," he slurred.
PAAAWL23@reddit
Or Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing
WhatIsTheAmplitude@reddit
So that’s what you call him
deletive-expleted@reddit
And a good day to you, sir!
Blunderbutters@reddit
Was that before or after he was a roadie for Metallicas Speed of Sound tour?
Nesbitt_Burns@reddit
Occupied various administrative buildings
lazerayfraser@reddit
don’t forget the thai stick
PrescriptionDenim@reddit
I don’t think The Dude EVER forgets the Thai stick.
WhatIsTheAmplitude@reddit
The occasional flashback
AlGeee@reddit
Buncha assholes
BanditoRojo@reddit
That word itself makes me uncomfortable.
StrangeAtomRaygun@reddit
Fatuous
icybowler3442@reddit
Roadie?
mysterious_whisperer@reddit
Buncha?
boymangodshiz@reddit
Coitus?
maloside@reddit
Asshole?
Aggravating_Bat3618@reddit
Way before
Aggravating_Bat3618@reddit
Port Huron Statement was in 1962, Seattle Seven was 1970. Jeff Dowd was actually one of them. Bulk of the series.
doctorlightning84@reddit
The occasional acid flashback
stang7089@reddit
That’s just like, your opinion, man.
Activate-Windows-@reddit
I think of this every time I see this movie. Why would you want another Lebowski to be your babies daddy? The only thing I can think is that she had his sperm dna tested for relative status.
dcbluestar@reddit
Sperm banks cost money and The Dude got laid in the process for free! Just a simple BJ from Bunny woulda cost him $1,000!!
Dj_suffering@reddit
I always liked how Maude went into her diatribe about how women, not just men enjoy sex and that it can be a "zesty enterprise". Then they have sex and Maude then asks "did you think this was all fun and games? I want a child."
2wheelsThx@reddit
She's a succubus...
JadeMonkey0@reddit
Did she turn him in to a toad?
Gutter_Snoop@reddit
Dang, she put Jeffery in a tight spot!
LarsThorwald@reddit
Maude’s vaginal motivations are a goddamned geographical oddity! Two weeks from everywhere!
no_vale_verga817@reddit
That is just ridiculous dude… Maude is not trying to seduce you just feed on your soul… not if I have anything to say about.
no_vale_verga817@reddit
Surely she recognizes that they’ll likely enjoy coitus more than once, to increase the chances of conception. Hasn’t that ever occurred to you, man?
milderhappiness@reddit
No dude, that had not occurred to us.
TroughPisser@reddit
He has got to buck up, man. He cannot drag this sexual energy in to the tournament.
SgtPepper_8324@reddit
She wanted someone she wouldn't have to see socially.
He's just helping her conceive.
CO_Planker@reddit
Someone the straight community didn’t give a shit about.
14ktgoldscw@reddit
Yeah, they specifically address “I wanted a dead beat I would never need to speak to again” in the movie. I don’t know what the sperm bank scene in LA was in the mid 90s but that’s more than enough hand wave suspension of disbelief for me.
contactfive@reddit
In the mid 00s my buddy Randy was making bank at a sperm bank in LA. I don’t think Maude would be caught dead at one of those though. Too gauche.
redonrust@reddit
I still jerk off manually
TattooedBagel@reddit
That’s marvelous.
14ktgoldscw@reddit
We’re all very fond of him.
StrangeAtomRaygun@reddit
She could have hooked up with the video artist with the cleft asshole.
Flimsy_Maize6694@reddit
Is that some kind of Eastern thing?
yrar3@reddit
Someone the square community won't give a shit about
automaticmantis@reddit
You mean coitus?
yetanotherwittyname@reddit
Is that what this is a picture of?
SlatheredButtCheeks@reddit
She's just his special lady friend
originalbiggusdickus@reddit
Fuck off, Dafino!
GrumpyCatStevens@reddit
She's not my special lady, she's my fucking lady friend!
RedPhule@reddit
What did you think this was, fun and games?
freeway_gmz@reddit
Porque era de los Seattle Seven. El Dude y otros seis.
Ecstatic_Lab9010@reddit
That wasva cosmic fluke, I think.
Ok-Review-753@reddit
i like to headcanon that maude helped the dude out financially a little bit after everything was said and done in exchange for him helping her conceive, and for all his troubles. at least a new-ish car and a couple grand (out of her father's allowance)
redonrust@reddit
...and the Creedence
useless_modern_god@reddit
Considering everything else that happens in this movie, I’d say that Maude’s decisions were the 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 ludicrous
redonrust@reddit
She fixes the cable?
wizsandt@reddit
I’m not so sure about that. On a very small amount of data, she decides to have the Dude father her child.
From what we see, the first time she lays eyes on the Dude he is chilling on the rug. Her henchman strikes him and they take the rug.
She then invites the Dude to her studio and has a three minute conversation and sends the Dude to the doctor. We know the reason she arranges the appointment is to determine whether or not the Dude is able to father a child. So her contemplation must have happened by now as she is actively making plans.
But what does she know about the Dude? He conned Brandt out of the rug. She’s seen how the Dude lives. And she’s had a short conversation. The little Lewbowski is a big decision on very little details.
TBL just is planning to swindle a charity. Bunny is off in her own sex kitten world in Vegas. The nilhlists are trying to scam a rich guy with a pretend kidnapping. Jerry Treehorn just wants his money back.
Maude having a child is more ridiculous than these.
Key_Country3756@reddit
Nah, read some Raymond Chandler — his Philip Marlowe stories were an important inspiration for The Big Lebowski. Wealthy women throw themselves at Marlowe in pretty much every story. It’s part of the genre. Bulk of the series, and all that.
Money-Look4227@reddit
Much of the movie is also an homage to Chinatown starring Jack Nicholson. Referring to Woo as 'the chinaman', the sheriff telling the Dude that Jackie Treehorn draws a lot of water (Chinatown was about the dirty ways people obtained water rights in LA), and even Maude wanting a child with the Dude. In Chinatown, Faye Dunaway is revealed to have been raped by her father, and had a child with him as a result. So Maude having a baby with someone with the same surname as her father is a nod to that.
Marlbey@reddit
It’s a male myth about feminists that we hate sex.
Ziggyork@reddit
Right? Like…I’m a guy and consider myself a feminist and I LOVE sex!
SylvanDragoon@reddit
Don't be fatuous Ziggyork
Defiant-Bicycle3284@reddit
It can be a natural zesty enterprise
underpanttrousers@reddit
It can be a natural, zesty enterprise.
analogkid01@reddit
I'm just gonna go find a cash machine...
Delicious_Bell_2755@reddit
Coitus?
2wheelsThx@reddit
Some people engage in it compulsively and without joy.
jayhof52@reddit
Oh no...
Delicious_Bell_2755@reddit
Oh yes.
Now, as I understand, the condition is called satyriasis in men. Not sure what it's called in women though...
Dan_Berg@reddit
Sorry your stepmom's a nympho
Delicious_Bell_2755@reddit
I don't see what that has to do with...do you have any Kahlua?
High_Af_Osrs@reddit
I still donate manually.
LarsThorwald@reddit
I’m sure you do.
Difficult-Map-2620@reddit
Mine dispatcher says there’s something wrong with the cable.
pucks4brains@reddit
Sometimes there's a man...
MouldyBobs@reddit
He definitely fit right in there.
lazerayfraser@reddit
coitus?
HikeRobCT@reddit
Sometimes, you eat the bahr
sorriso_pontual@reddit
and the Dude was most certainly that
Tuva_Tourist@reddit
Her art has been commended as being strongly vaginal, which bothers some men.
JustACasualFan@reddit
Yeah, it’s a brilliant way to discourage him from any shenanigans. “Act right or I release the birth certificate with your name on it.”
Ancient_Composer9119@reddit
Lots of ins and outs.
HornedShoe@reddit
No time, love. I've just come to read the meter.
Ok_Tour_1525@reddit
Welly welly welly welly welly welly well
WhyLater@reddit
Coitus?
nukeevry1@reddit
Those are good burgers, Dude
treletraj@reddit
Good one.
thefeckcampaign@reddit
What did you think this was, fun and games?
jonoftheatom@reddit
His sperms really tide the room together
UnBearable1520@reddit
Dude’s tall with good hair
tgold77@reddit
I always thought that was weird too. I think maybe she liked the way The Dude handled the mistaken identify and stuck it to her Dad. Of course she had to get her rug back.
choopie-chup-chup@reddit
Yes yes, you have your story I have mine...
They were siblings and Maude knew it and said 'let's do it' cuz she's a freeek. In the parlance of our times
How does The Dude get to take it easy for all us sinners, with nothing on the resume since Speed of Sound tour (buncha assholes) with sufficient funds for bowling, oat sodas, half & half, Marty's rent...something doesn't add up!
What if the Big Lebowski has a secret Little Lebowski and it's The Dude? Has that not occurred to you...man?
Jgibbjr@reddit
I cannot tell you the number of rich people I have known who simply look around at whoever is in their daily environment and choose those people to do other tasks, rather than look for someone more qualified elsewhere 🙄
Yeahthatonefoo@reddit
You mean coitus
Jgibbjr@reddit
Rarely for coitus, but I've seen people do it for a chauffeur, an assistant, a dog walker, and even a company director 🤷♂️
TroughPisser@reddit
These rich fuuuuucks.
FalseDmitriy@reddit
This whole fuckin thing
scoopit1890@reddit
What in god's holy name are you blathering about?
S1cnus@reddit
Some new shits come to light man.
analogkid01@reddit
The sperm bank next to the IHOP wasn't quite exclusive enough.
Outrageous-Serve4970@reddit
Probably just wanted to keep her last name
Ok_Season_5850@reddit
I mean he’s in very very good shape for a man that’s taken absolutely zero care of himself. One would argue utter dna excellence
Odd-Adagio7080@reddit
No, I think she had been thinking about a donor for some time, and then when she tracked down the man who had taken the rug that had sentimental value for her, she thought, “He’ll do, provided he doesn’t have any communicable diseases.”
Frequent-Interest796@reddit
Published author and accomplished athlete, your god damned right!
hotgarbage2@reddit
This had not occurred to us.
Virtual-Location-982@reddit
She was a good sperm researcher, and thorough.
CaramelCurrent4670@reddit
Rod or Johnson…
burntorangecycle@reddit
He's a good man and thorough
Ok-Adeptness3884@reddit
Electra complex? That had never occurred to me OP.
Outrageous-Pirate891@reddit
HAS THE WHOLE WORLD GONE CRAZY? AM I THE ONLY ONE HERE WHO GIVES A SHIT ABOUT THE PLOT? So… that doctor. Exactly. Maude wants a child, not fun and games. Maude doesn’t want a partner not a sap to pin it on. She just met The dude. You human paraquat.
Key_Country3756@reddit
This case is very complicated. A lot of strands.
forged21@reddit
Several_Dark_7711@reddit
That's... That's my robe.
Sikamikanico1981@reddit
In Maudes twisted mind, shes keeping the bloodline pure
Santanoni@reddit
I just want to point out that she has some really nice legs.
romulusnr@reddit
She's an abstract artist. She's defo going to pick a weirdo for sperm donor. It's the bohemian thing to do.
Connect_Living_591@reddit
Just looking for a sap to pin it on. She just met him.
aoerstroem@reddit
Love me Jeffrey!
Blueberry_Mancakes@reddit
Well, he is the laziest man in Los Angeles, which puts him strong in the running for laziest worldwide.
Not exactly a lightweight, Dude.
Im_the_Rhymenocerous@reddit
How much if Brandt wants to watch?
vill_lliv@reddit
He was a roadie for Metallica..... speed of sound tour........ bunch of assholes.
BuckManscape@reddit
You’re Lebowski, Lebowski!
I_chortled@reddit
This had not occurred to us dude
theteej587@reddit
It’s her way of seizing complete control of her father’s legacy - she, and her child, owe nothing to that fraud, not even their name
BendAppropriate614@reddit
what are you, a fucking sperm bank ranger?
Aggravating_Bat3618@reddit
She had the wealth, obviously and the resources….
sheezy520@reddit
The plot is ridiculous
GrumpyCatStevens@reddit
You can imagine where it goes from here.
angelwolf71885@reddit
He um…fixes the cable?
GrumpyCatStevens@reddit
Don't be fatuous, Jeffrey.
kptstango@reddit
You mean coitus?
Terrible_Coast_1266@reddit
That’s interesting man, that’s fucking interesting.
Commercial_Set2986@reddit
The Dude has been examined by her chosen Doctor, who's a good man, and thorough.
CriticalSuit1336@reddit
Delayed after effects
Ok-Test-7634@reddit
aftereffects ?
CriticalSuit1336@reddit
No, they hit my jaw, man
-SQB-@reddit
Her own legal name as well, which is probably the reason: even if Jeffrey were to assert his parental rights, the kid would still be a Lebowski.
MrAndyJay@reddit
"You thought that Bunny had been kidnapped and you were fucking glad, man. You could use it as an excuse to make some money disappear. All you needed was a sap to pin it on. You'd just met me, you... you human paraquat! You figured 'Oh, here's a loser', you know? A deadbeat, someone the square community won't give a shit about."
The magic of cinematic misdirection. Maude is the villain.
She can't find the money. Larry Sellers has it, but nobody would believe the dude. Then she finds out about the Rubiks cube money, and then she can have the baby, wait a few years, then sue the dude for child support or some such thing. At the same time, as she's a weirdo feminist artist she can have a child, legally call it Lebowski on the birth certificate etc so all her weirdo friends can act as though it was an immaculate conception. This compulsive fornicator has taken the the dude for the proverbial ride.
It's a very complicated case, lotta ins, lotta outs.
erik_mule@reddit
the Dude abides
Wirelessness@reddit
What are you fucking screen writer now?
Atherzon@reddit
Is that some sort of Freudian thing?
OpusCroakus1@reddit
I always thought that was pretty kooky...
MattFriday@reddit
She took him for the proverbial ride.
MDeruki420ta@reddit
At least I'm housebroken!
CapitalPunBanking@reddit
Probably a bit of a fuck you to her father too.
Master_Control_MCP@reddit
Except, he's not Mr. Lebowski, he's the Dude.
GrumpyCatStevens@reddit
Or Duder, or His Dudeness, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing.
Alert-Ad-2373@reddit
We're all very fond of her.
GrumpyCatStevens@reddit
Brandt can't watch, or he has to pay $100.
no_bender@reddit
Look, Jeffrey, I don't want a partner. In fact I don't want the father to be someone I have to see socially, or who'll have any interest in raising the child himself.
Diligent-Contact-772@reddit
Don't be fatuous.
No_Brain_5164@reddit
The story's ludicrous
SheYeti@reddit
Che ridicolo
dj_ordje@reddit
Sometimes there's a man...
BoogerSmoke@reddit
We’re very fond of her
dhlthecobra@reddit
So she’s Lebowski, he’s Lebowski, her father is Lebowski. That’s terrific.
THER00STER73@reddit
She specifically wanted someone who did not want to be involved as a dad. Who better than the dude?
hotsliceofjesus@reddit
It's how the whole durned human comedy keeps perpetuatin' itself down through the generations. Westward the wagons, across the sands of time
Supro1560S@reddit
She wants her child to be 100% pure Lebowski, no incest. And that’s cool.
opmt@reddit
Maybe she just wanted to save a few bones, or clams, or whatever you call them
Delicious_Bell_2755@reddit
He gave her his Little Lebowski Urban Achievers, and proud we are of all of them
Live_Past_8978@reddit
so racially he's cool then?
TBSchemer@reddit
Look, just stay away from my fucking lady friend!
3720-to-1@reddit
What, are you helping her conceive?
nakedlunch2@reddit
What the fuck are you talking about?
Spadizzly@reddit
toooldforthisshittt@reddit
She wanted coitus. It's a zesty enterprise.
YoureALebowski@reddit
She's not my special lady, she's my fucking lady friend. I'm just helping her conceive, man!
Gmodelinsane@reddit
I would believe anything Julianne Moore said to me.
Wapiti_whacker82@reddit
The doctor was thorough. She must have liked the results.
2wheelsThx@reddit
"Sperm donor pool!?!?..."
SaintedRomaine@reddit
The wealthy are similar to the Malibu chief of police. Real reactionary.
SirBabiez@reddit
Wonderful woman. We're all, we're all very fond of her. Very free-spirited.
Wooden-Dependent-686@reddit
Thats fucking interesting, man, thats fucking interesting
Grow_away_420@reddit
Does that make you uncomfortable, Mr. Lebowski?
kharringtonvideoarts@reddit
Vagina
TinyTimWannabe@reddit
resjudicata2@reddit
I’m just helping her conceive.
jackasspenguin@reddit
Also high in the running for laziest worldwide
sorriso_pontual@reddit
He's the right man, for his place and time
AlmostNeverPosts@reddit
I guess that's the way the whole durned human comedy keeps perpetuating itself