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: : : no one will even care about. but i will blast off on anyway, and : : probably for much longer than anyone here will read. or at least like : : my students do - skim.... : : : We all here love Kevin's work. In fact, he could show us some avant : : garde bullshit of him and Walt eating Diggem Smacks for three : : minutes and a lot or people here would call him a "geniusly : : postmodern" film..maker : : : .oh well, hes a regular Wim Wenders . . but still : : : I am not comfortable, at least as a fan, artist wanna-be, and (for lack : : of a better term) "literary analyst" all of his references to his films : : being about dicks and farts. He claims that is all he writes many : : times. And while J&SBSB is a real homosexual-referenced laden : : cliché big ass dick and fart extravaganza . . . i still love it...as a fan of : : VA...i like seeing all the people from all the movies. I get off on it in a : : fan boy sort of way. : : : However, if I could return to what has prompted me to post this : : rather laborious message. I used to, and to some degree still, think : : that Clerks was his best script . . .not “work” mind you as a director, : : but in terms of a story laced with dick and pussy humor that has also : : has a more universal message. By that I mean this: : : : Yes, Amy and Dogma were highly jam packed with meaning that : : Mallrats and J&SBSB lacks. But Clerks still has more of a universal : : appeal that stretches into the genres of film and writing in general. : : What I mean is (I wonder how many are still reading this) the end : : monologues by Randal and Dante drive into the message of free will : : and volition in society. Of an individual being able to create one’s : : own certainty in a highly fragmented and post-modern society while : : still being able to keep one’s frame of reference in today for the most : : part, even if it contains a love of the pastiche’. : : : And while the main characters are still the proverbial white : : Anglo-Saxon male "types" I still think that he manages to provide a : : more meaningful message of the ability for people to transcend the : : realm of the Cartesian subject and still find the means to navigate the : : uncertain realms of the “chaos theory” of reality that even Borges : : would enjoy if not spit on. In other words. the signification that : : Randal provides to Dante is key to the thematic meaning of Clerks. : : : My point is that, I wish, and I know I can shit in my left hand and wish : : with my right to see which hand fills the fastest on this, that at least : : he could return his writing back to those themes. Maybe he does with : : Jersey Girl . . .i don’t know, but the supposed "college" words in : : Clerks as he as called them, are nothing but. They ultimately provide : : a frame of reference ofr the viewers to find meaning in a text that has : : layers of meaning inside of it like a cheap burrito. The thing is, I know : : that he is aware of these factors and has demonstrated the ability as : : a writer and artist to conceive of such matters. therefore he can do it : : again. And to a degree, the Flying Car is a harbinger, if not a : : reference back to what has been done .. In short...what the fuck did I : : just say???? : : : -Eso

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