The Big Lebowski


The Big Lebowski is a comedic movie about a guy who suddenly gets drawn into an abduction case. The movie’s protagonist is the “Dude”. The “Dude” is a guy who does nothing but bowl, drink, and smoke with middle aged friends. During the beginning of the movie some criminals break into his house looking for a rich man. This causes the dude going to the rich man’s house looking for him to pay for all of the damages afflicted to the house. He ends up leaving the house with nothing. Part of what makes this scene funny is the incongruity of his whole situation. You would never expect someone who looks like a hobo to come waltzing into a rich man’s house. However, that is only the beginning of the Dude’s story. Following the encounter, the rich man’s daughter gets abducted and the rich man asks the Dude to give 1 million dollars to the criminals in exchange for his daughter. The Dude then attempts to go and get the daughter trying to take the million dollars for himself. The reason this example supports the incongruity theory is because the dud does not look like the type of person that would end up giving ransom to criminals. In fact, he just looks like an average, fat, poor, white dude, who looks like he is homeless. Besides the pursuit of the criminals the “Dude” is also infatuated with bowling. The dude is trying to compete with another guy who is named Jesus. The fact that this example even exists in the movie proves how this movie is incongruent with reality and shows how being lame can be funny at the same time. Overall, I enjoyed the movie and loved to watch how the Dude acted in front of the rich man. I highly recommend this movie to someone who would like to have fun and laugh with their friends for a while.

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