JL;DR SUMMARY "Blacklisted: An American Story," a new exhibit at the New York Historical Society, examines the impact of the HUAC hearings on Hollywood during the height of the anti-communist Red Scare in the 1940s and 50s, highlighting its significant Jewish dimension. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.