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Anyone caught the discussions with Kevin Smith on cable?

Posted by Victor Khomenko (M) on April 13, 2006 at 06:18:37

For some strange reason it was on two channels simultaneously a couple of nights back, I doubt Fellini would ever get such exposure.

He spoke in front of large student audiences, and watching him trying to be witty, funny and profound was a torture.

Depressing it was to see student after student declare themselves being "huge fans of his films"... one can only have so much room in his head to be a "huge fan" of things, so being one of Smith' surely takes away from something else, and I was straining to understand what exactly in his films was so much worthy of that status?

Be it as it may, the most unfortunate part of his "presentation" was his constant use of profanities... well, maybe I should take it back... maybe the most depressing part of that whole ordeal was the audience's reaction to them - to see young girls laugh at every "motherfucker" dropped from the podium was truly sad.

Just a couple months back I had a chance to watch the documentary on Marchello Mastroianni... what a sharp contrast. And one doesn't have to go that far back to find true wit, insight and eloquence... so how come someone like Kevin gathers such a huge audience? Is bad taste an attraction in itself?

On profanities... as you undoubetly know, at the end of each Inside the Actor's Studio the host asks his guests name their favorite profanity. They all seem so proud of dropping those words, they giggle and smile, and the audience gives them cheers. There must be something incredibly titillating in seeing Jodie Foster mumble "Fuck!"

How refreshing was it to see Richard Gere simply say "I do not curse...". The host simply sat there dumbfounded, unsure how to proceed - the whole rotten structure he spent years building was suddently shaking...

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