I’m going to cheat a little bit tonight, in part because I’m
tired, and in part because any time I can redistribute a video involving Walter
Sobchak, I’m going to do it.
I think the reason I enjoy The Big Lebowski so much is because, even though the circumstances
that the Dude, Walter and Donny wind up in are absolutely absurd, the
characters themselves are still tethered to reality, though the tether itself
may be a mile long. I don’t mean that any of the characters’ worldviews are
normal in any way, and I don’t mean that I know anyone like them in my own
life. I mean that I know five people in my life who could combine to be Walter,
or the Dude. Because of that, it’s not completely inconceivable that an
aviator-wearing ‘nam vet in a bowling league would dress up in a shirt and tie to
smash out a sports car with a crowbar because he thought it belonged to the father of a high
school kid named Larry.
Also, it is somehow eminently quotable to this day, to the
point that even the censored version of the aforementioned scene is well-known.
(“You see what happens, Larry? You see what happens when you find a stranger in
the Alps?”)
Thus, it makes complete sense that John Goodman’s ticking
time bomb, Walter, has a lot to say about Donald Trump. This came out in
October and is far from the first time Walter’s berating of Donnie has been
used in this way – an Adam Carolla listener made one for then-show personality
Donny Misraje years ago – but it might finally be the best. Enjoy.
(Side note: if you're still not sure that Trump's catering to the conservative base is anything but business-like political positioning/pandering, just read or listen to anything he's ever said about Christianity and the Bible. He's been asked about his faith dozens of times at this point and still answers each question about it like Ren Stevens' presentation on the first moon landing.)
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