I’ve linked some of my adventures in punditry previously, and I recently submitted to an interview regarding the Coen brothers’ The Big Lebowski, which ran this past week as part of a 10th anniversary retrospective cover story by Roger Yale in the Weekly Surge, the preeminent free weekly entertainment paper in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. My Blogcast software isn’t feeling a direct link, so if interested in taking a spin click here, and select from “Looking Back at Lebowski” from the drop-down “Main Story Archives” tab.

It’s an interesting and amusing piece, and I was especially heartened that it got into a bit why the film has spawned eponymous bowling festivals and the like. My take? “Each generation goes through a period of ‘creative loafing,’ where
you have your interests, [but] the real world is starting to encroach on
you with responsibilities and obligations, demands on your time. So you’re trying to find out… how much of
these interests and enjoyment you can hold onto. You want to carry it
all, but how much can you realistically take with you? For that
reason, The Dude remains a really appealing character and always will,
hence, ‘The Dude abides.’ The phrase is simple but it’s shorthand for a
character that is a little bit older and [yet still] free from a lot of these
responsibilities.” Again, for more click here.