{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Thinking about Clerks and Mallrats\nThought the reputed fall-off in quality was overrated but at this distance I actually...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/644151244927205376/", "html": "<p>Thinking about <i>Clerks</i> and <i>Mallrats</i></p><p>Thought the reputed fall-off in quality was overrated but at this distance I actually remember the character arc of Clerks \u2013 Dante has a dead-end life but has an earnestly caring girlfriend promoting his self-improvement\u2026 into what, the normie morons who populate his store as customers and remember her from high school as an orgasm dispenser?</p><p>Whereas Mallrats, uh, his girlfriend&rsquo;s pissed he plays NHL on Genesis instead of making an effort so he\u2026 goes to the mall\u2026 then goes to the dirt mall\u2026 then Silent Bob Batmans in to expose Ben Affleck fucking a high schooler? I have no memory what the lesson was, what wisdom Silent Bob, Stan Lee OR the topless fortune teller passed on</p><p>Also from Clerks, Dante the iconic loser has</p><ul><li>his own place</li><li>a job</li><li>a car</li><li>a girlfriend</li><li>work friends</li><li>a crew of guys to play hockey games with</li></ul><p>Just saying</p><p>Uhh from Mallrats a lot of the good guy/bad guy gradient comes from Ben Affleck being into painal. If in that elevator scene he&rsquo;s like &ldquo;yeah, I keep up a good appearance, and then I find girls who&rsquo;ve been disappointed by their men, and <i>then</i>, I stick my penis in their <b><i>vaginas\ufffc\ufffc</i></b>&rdquo;? Like yeah dude, that&rsquo;s heterosexuality, &ldquo;being better than the other guy&rdquo; is the move by which the protagonist <i>wins</i> here</p>"}