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How Maya Rudolph’s Jewish Father Inspired This ‘One Battle After Another’ Moment

JL;DR SUMMARY Paul Thomas Anderson's film "One Battle After Another" is both a political and personal endeavor, drawing inspiration from his family life and that of his partner, Maya Rudolph. 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'.

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Family DynamicsHollywoodPersonal NarrativesJewish InfluenceMaya RudolphRichard RudolphFilm ProductionPaul Thomas AndersonInterracial ChallengesHair And Identity

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Los Angeles, California, United States
"leaving her father, Jewish record producer Richard Rudolph, to raise her and her brother on his own in Los Angeles Westwood neighborhood."

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