I like Kevin Smith. Not his films, necessarily (with the exception of the ones for which most people retain a residual fondness — Clerks and Chasing Amy). But I have a lot of time for him. He’s a genuinely riotous comic speaker who can be astonishingly dexterous with even the largest audience in the most cavernous venue, and he’s also a stimulating thinker beneath that laddish exterior. He talks a really good film, but it’s been a while since he got around to making one; his recent work has thrown up a few amusing moments but not much more. No matter. There are plenty of more successful filmmakers out there who have far less to offer.
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