Dude, where's my karma?

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Dude, where's my karma?

Slacker classic The Big Lebowski has spawned 'the world's slowest-growing religion'. Megan Johnston meets the converts.

It began with a withering comment from a friend. Over a couple of quiet drinks, conversation drifted towards the merits of our favourite movies. The object of our shared affection, The Big Lebowski, inevitably cropped up.

Set in Los Angeles in the early 1990s, this stoner classic by the Coen brothers tells the convoluted tale of a slacker called the Dude (Jeff Bridges). A likeable dropout, he's scorned by the establishment yet seems to cruise through life. The Dude's sole mission? To seek compensation for a soiled rug.

Chilled out ... Ronald Tucker likes Australia's "Dudeist lifestyle" - http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life/dude-wheres-my-karma-20120112-1pwcf.html