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As a general rule, I try to avoid all things MySpace whenever possible, as it has dutifully replaced Geocities as the runny sewer of the Internet. However, I’m going to make an exception for this. While I’m not the world’s biggest fan of Kevin Smith’s work (my favorite movie of his was Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back; make of that what you will), I have to respect the guy for saying what’s on his mind, often without any restraint. Which is why I find his rant excoriating Joel Siegel for walking out of a screening of Clerks II most amusing.

Apparently Siegel stood up and announced his departure forty minutes into the show that he was leaving (for “the first time in thirty years!”), which led Kevin to… well… see for yourself.

Cardinal rule of movie-going: shut your fucking mouth while the movie’s playing. They even ask you to do so in the pre-show run-up to every flick (”Cell phones and pagers off, no talking during the show”). This guy went beyond talking, even; he was making a spectacle of himself as he left. I’ve now spoken to three folks in attendance last night, and all have said that Siegel WANTED everyone to know how disgusted he was, and that he was leaving. If you want to share your displeasure with everyone, that’s fine, dude; just do it AFTER the movie, not during. Some folks were enjoying themselves. I don’t come down to your job and slap the taste out of your mouth for coming up with a line like “‘Shark Tale’ Is a Halibut Good Time”; so don’t fuck with my stuff WHILE IT’S STILL SCREENING.

There’s lots more at the link above. There’s a little more on Siegel’s reaction at Page Six. Clerks II opens July 21st, in case you enjoyed the first one, which I didn’t.

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