1) Modern to Contemporary Masters: Works on Paper continues at the Michael C. Carlos Museum.
2) The Plaza screens Spaceballs for this month’s Flicks & Giggles.
3) Atlanta Cajun Zydeco Association hosts a Mardi Gras dance party.
4) … And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead plays the Earl.
5) Mary Kay Andrews signs and discusses Deep Dish at Outwrite.
(Photo by Paul Strand)
The Plaza Theatre screens The Big Lebowski at 9:30 p.m. this evening as part of its monthly “Flicks & Giggles” series, which features a warm-up act of live comedy, followed by a big-screen laughfest. Directed by Oscar winners Joel and Ethan Coen, The Big Lebowski celebrates its 10th anniversary this year and has been enshrined as one of the most beloved cult comedies of the past 10 years.
The Big Lebowski works as a kind of gonzo combination of Raymond Chandler private eye story and Cheech-and-Chong pot comedy, and features famously profane dialogue. My favorite story about The Big Lebowski concerns Comedy Central’s attempt to clean up the film for broadcast. The language is not work safe, so I’ll put it after the jump, and the clip of the “Gutterballs” dream scene:
