http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/09/21/he-had-me-at-the-big-lebowski/ the webcomics blog about webcomics Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:24:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/09/21/he-had-me-at-the-big-lebowski/comment-page-1/#comment-255237 The existentialism of the Coyote « Down the Road Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:39:44 +0000 http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/09/21/he-had-me-at-the-big-lebowski/#comment-255237 [...] friend Gary over at Fleen retorted: Chuck is not a vengeful god; the Coyote could have stopped his punishments any time he [...] [...] friend Gary over at Fleen retorted: Chuck is not a vengeful god; the Coyote could have stopped his punishments any time he [...]

]]> http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/09/21/he-had-me-at-the-big-lebowski/comment-page-1/#comment-134174 Jim Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:01:11 +0000 http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/09/21/he-had-me-at-the-big-lebowski/#comment-134174 I’m on board with Chuck being a benevolent animator. But I think he was on a higher literary plane. As we can see in the cartoons, nothing else was alive in that desert. Given the Coyote’s innate drive for self-preservation, he had to pursue the Road Runner, even though he was going to go hungry either way. The Coyote was in his own private hell. Sartre himself could not have written better. I’m on board with Chuck being a benevolent animator. But I think he was on a higher literary plane. As we can see in the cartoons, nothing else was alive in that desert. Given the Coyote’s innate drive for self-preservation, he had to pursue the Road Runner, even though he was going to go hungry either way. The Coyote was in his own private hell. Sartre himself could not have written better.

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