I like Clerks well enough but yeah, it's not really satirical genius in its content like some of its critics would have you believe. I like Chasing Amy as well for it being an examination of male insecurity...even Dogma had its moments...but everything else by Smith really doesn't hold up at all.

I would argue he used to be funny and likable, but as the years passed, he became a bit more of a douche to me.

The problem with Smith is that he is an insecure man-child who wanted to be accepted and liked by everyone around him. He loves getting critical praise, but the moment you shit on his work, you'll see his insecurities at play. He can't handle negative criticism...he never has been able to. When critics trashed Mallrats, he played to them and quickly denounced it back in the day. He re-embraced it years later when he realized there was an audience that liked it, but yeah, at the time he tried everything to get back into the good graces of critics because he couldn't take the bad word.

Same thing happened with Cop Out and every other failure he has made...it's the story of a guy who so desperately wants to be embraced and accepted but can't take the heat of criticism against him. That is Smith's biggest flaw...he's very insecure and just wants to be loved and embrace but can't take the heat when that doesn't happen.

Hence this debacle...I think he purposely played to the critics knowing full well he'd get their praise because that's really what he has always been about...he wants to be accepted into that bubble.

I like Clerks well enough but yeah, it's not really satirical genius in its content like some of its critics would have you believe. I like Chasing Amy as well for it being an examination of male insecurity...even Dogma had its moments...but everything else by Smith really doesn't hold up at all.

I would argue he used to be funny and likable, but as the years passed, he became a bit more of a douche to me.

The problem with Smith is that he is an insecure man-child who wanted to be accepted and liked by everyone around him. He loves getting critical praise, but the moment you shit on his work, you'll see his insecurities at play. He can't handle negative criticism...he never has been able to. When critics trashed Mallrats, he played to them and quickly denounced it back in the day. He re-embraced it years later when he realized there was an audience that liked it, but yeah, at the time he tried everything to get back into the good graces of critics because he couldn't take the bad word.

Same thing happened with Cop Out and every other failure he has made...it's the story of a guy who so desperately wants to be embraced and accepted but can't take the heat of criticism against him. That is Smith's biggest flaw...he's very insecure and just wants to be loved and embrace but can't take the heat when that doesn't happen.