(I luckily had my last post from the old blog originally composed in a Word doc, so i figured i’d repost it here, to really tie the blogs together. That, and i also really dig it.)
Lotta Ins, Lotta Outs, Lotta What Have Yous
“I wasn’t born Bad. My tombstone will have my real name on it, but until then I’m just gonna stay Bad.”
“I’m the Dude, man, so that’s what you call me, you know. That, or His Dudeness, ah, Duder, or El Duderino if you’re not into the whole brevity thing.”
From a nickname used as a first name to high consumption of a signature beverage to driving an old rust coloured beater with a ‘traveler’ tucked between their legs, Bad Blake and Jeff ‘The Dude’ Lebowski are two honest hombres cut from the same smoky, booze-soaked cloth. They appreciate modest comforts during simple daily endeavours, such as driving with your pants undone or hitting a Ralph’s in your bathrobe, and are joined at the musical hip by classic country and rock overtones. Since Crazy Heart writer/director Scott Cooper had never seen The Big Lebowski prior to filming, one can assume that executive producer and star Jeff Bridges had more than his fair share of dudeisms to scatter across the whole durned human comedy. Continue reading
