Kevin Smith...and Kevin Smith as a baby.
Ed. Note: The links below contain some of Mr. Smith’s famously salty language. Enjoy!
Having a milestone birthday always brings a time of reflection–you think about what you have accomplished in life, what you wish to conquer next, and the times when you’ve managed to have a good old-fashioned laugh on the occasions in-between. For Kevin Smith, turning 40 was doing exactly that…in an intimate evening with 1,543 of his closest fans, that is, at the historic Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank. Having recently turned 30, I was eager to hear what one of my all time favorite writers would have to say. I mean, c’mon, you didn’t have to grow up in Jersey to relate to the gritty humor found in Clerks and Mallrats, both staples from my adolescence. Through both his unpretentious, tell-it-like-it-is storytelling and fiercely evident love (and occasional snark) for the Garden State, Kevin Smith has emerged as one of New Jersey’s favorite sons in the entertainment world, A Red Bank native (and damn proud of it), Mr. Smith led an epic 5 hour Q & A about his latest film projects, becoming a voice for the slacker generation, and the “incident” with Southwest Airlines. Read the rest of this entry »
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