Posted by Booty Princess at syr-24-59-115-15.twcny.rr.com on March 21, 2003 at 15:49:41:
In Reply to: hold on... posted by sean on March 21, 2003 at 15:43:32:
If I had never read this board or heard any of the backstory, I would have thought the guy was just a very clever comedian.
Fuck, plenty of us have people in our personal lives that we don't know are addicts; we excuse their behavior in all sorts of ways, and they don't even have the fantastic excuse that it's all a character.
CLERKS was hella funny at the time, right? But in retrospect, it's kind of painful to watch Mewes in it.
I don't know that "respect" is really the applicable term here...I admire the man's talents and hope for the best, but it's a natural emotional reaction to be disappointed when someone you like, even just on a fan level, can't get themselves together.
: This doesn't bother me or anything, but I'm just curious ...
: So you had respect for him when you thought he was acting that way all the time, but now that you find out that he's actually just a tragic case, you lose respect? I don't get it.