Posted by Darth Dobbin at 12.19.232.3 on November 06, 2000 at 10:45:42:
In Reply to: clerks observations posted by MK on November 06, 2000 at 09:49:09:
I think this speaks more to a sense that Kevin could, at the time of CLERKS, not possibly have understood where the little black & white film was going to bring him. I doubt he had a "six year plan" about the two almost incidental characters. As it stands, I bet the phenomenon of CLERKS success came as a big surprise to him as well, and that success caused him them morphing you speak of. I think in MALLRATS, there was studio pressure to play down the dealing aspect; but Kevin seems like a comic-book-influenced enough Joe to take that "continuity shift" as a factor for interpreting the characters.. Like how if, say, Superman is "re-interpreted" in one series of books, the next writer, if he wants to change that direction, must do so in the context of the continuity..
But then again, the credits say "JAY & SILENT BOB will return in DOGMA," so maybe he had plans for their wacky exploits all along.
Dunno.
: I was watching Clerks last night on ther IFC, which by the way makes no sense as I own the thing on DVD, but whatever. Anyway, I was thinking about how Jay and Bob are like hardcore drug dealers in Clerks and by the time they get to Dogma they have basically become parodies of their former selves. Does anyone else see this? I mean are they growing as characters or just becoming props for the specific movies?