Posted by Neil at 205.163.142.226 on November 16, 1999 at 17:40:13:
In Reply to: Re: Is Kevin Smith our own Mooby posted by CoachPants on November 16, 1999 at 17:31:03:
: : Well, he doesn't especially seem to present himself as an idol. He does present small tokens of Jay & Silent Bob (now, this could technically be himself, as Silent Bob is made in Kevin's own image) for the world to take and celebrate. This at least arguably correlates with the actions of the actions of the Mooby corporation, as far as I can tell.
: I'm going to have to challenge you once more. He does play Silent Bob, but S.B. was created in the image of a local drug dealer (as well as was Jay).
I believe you and I are using the word image differently.
1 : a reproduction or imitation of the form of a person or thing; especially : an imitation in solid form : STATUE
2 a : the optical counterpart of an object produced by an optical device (as a lens or mirror) or an electronic device b : a likeness of an object produced on a photographic material
3 a : exact likeness : SEMBLANCE b : a person strikingly like another person
4 a : a tangible or visible representation : INCARNATION b archaic : an illusory form : APPARITION
5 a (1) : a mental picture of something not actually present : IMPRESSION (2) : a mental conception held in common by members of a group and symbolic of a basic attitude and orientation b : IDEA, CONCEPT
6 : a vivid or graphic representation or description
7 : FIGURE OF SPEECH
8 : a popular conception (as of a person, institution, or nation) projected especially through the mass media
9 : a set of values given by a mathematical function (as a homomorphism) that corresponds to a particular subset of the domain
Basically, the first couple of definitions are what I was going for, while you are using some later one. Silent Bob LOOKS LIKE Kevin Smith. All of the photographs and charicatures are made to resemble Kevin's visage.