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poor kevin smith! he's suddenly getting gratuitously abused

but yeah, it think when he came out with clerks he held the promise to be the "voice of a generation" (lol, that term) in a way. miramax didn't just pick him out of the blue. clerks is pretty good for a no-money film.

problem is though once he got money things didn't improve much. i don't think he transferred his guerrilla style very well to hollywood & big indies. maybe it was his producer? i don't know.

i'd like to elaborate more on this but i gotta run so i'll leave this hanging for a moment. and i'll also leave this reminder to mention "small town, gay bar" in the discussion.