Looking back at Kevin Smith’s Clerks, Kicking off our Kevin Smith retrospective, Carley looks back to the film that started it all: the majestic Clerks...
"There's a million fine looking women in the world, dude. But, they don't all bring you lasagne at work. Most of 'em just cheat on you." - Silent Bob
Of all the places to be introduced to the work of Kevin Smith, I got my first taste as a 17-year-old in a film studies class. How Smith would feel about being paraded in such academic quarters is up for debate, but the film I saw that day, Clerks, would mark me as a firm fan of his for many years to come.
Set over the course of a day, the plot is based around Dante Hicks (Brian O'Halloran), an employee of the Quick Stop convenience store who has been called in on his day off. When he arrives at the store, he finds the shutter locks have been jammed up with gum so is forced to put up a shoe polish painted sign assuring customers that the store is, in fact, open.
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