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We seem to be like-minded, Syc (and if Chewbaccus still reads here, it surprises me that he hasn't thrown three or four posts onto this thread). I've always been a Smith fan. Ever since I saw Clerks. I love his writing, his directing, and his one-liners (even though many of them have about 2 hours setup...hehehe). There's a common threads threw all of his films that I've really attached myself to...something I call the jagoff intellectual. It's always there...Randall in Clerks, Brodie in mallrats, Metatron in Dogma...there's always one character who can wax intellectual about any subject. He's usually a cynic, often-times a stoner or slacker type, and always able to take something to it's logical, but completley impossible conclusion (Take, for example, Randall's soliloquy(sp?) in Clerks. He rails against the Rebels in <i>Return of the Jedi</i> for destroying the second death star mid-construction, as they must have killed many an independent contractor, whom are completley innocent. Later, a roofer overhears them and says that a contractor trusts his heart before his wallet, citing a friend who was killed while working on a mobster's roof). The stop is pure genius, capturing the average schmutz doing his everyday shit (save fucking shannon doherty in an elevator, but I do wish that was everyday).
I've bored you enough with my rambling, I will go away now.
goodbye.
Steve
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