So I’m a big fan of Kevin Smith, the guy that wrote and directed Clerks, Chasing Amy, and several other flicks. I started following the guy because of his films, but I’ve become a fan because he’s just a really cool individual. He posts on his web site a lot, and tonight put up this little gem from 1999 when his movie Dogma came out. Kevin is a devout Catholic, but his feeling is that spirituality should be more important than the rules and rituals which have come to surround the church. Dogma uses humor to express this viewpoint, and much like Mel Gibson’s upcoming film people bashed it and protested the film without understanding the filmmaker or even seeing the film. The photo that is linked to above is from a Dogma protest, but the beauty is that Kevin is the guy in it holding the “Dogma is dog shit” poster. He was even interviewed for the nightly news and gave a scathing view of the film, without the reporter recognizing him.
"My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?" — David Mitchell