JL;DR SUMMARY Alison Darcy and Joseph Shragge, co-artistic directors of Scapegoat Carnivale in Montreal, premiered their puppet show Vertip in March 2023, featuring a puppeteer using stereotypical puppets including a Jewish loan shark named Zyhd from old Eastern European traditions. 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'.