Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Stale Book Review #3 - Silent Bob Speaks

Silent Bob Speaks: The Collected Writings of Kevin Smith by Kevin Smith
Cost: $0.75US
Page Count: 325

If you love books crammed full of profanity and stories about beating off...well, this one's for you.  We all know Kevin Smith as the lovable Silent Bob from movies such as Clerks, Mallrats, and Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back.  However, Mr. Smith is a busy dude.  Of course, he has his little movie biz going on. But, the guy also writes, does stand up speaking engagements, and writes comic books.  A multi-faceted fat fuck.

Silent Bob Speaks was the first Kevin Smith book that I picked up.  I have since read a few.  However, this one was the best of 'em.  On the insides, there are articles with friend Ben Affleck, Tom Cruise, and bits of articles that Smith has written over the course of his time in the spotlight.  He writes a great diatribe about Reese Witherspoon, which had me practically laughing so hard I pissed.  I did piss.  Just not in my pants like I thought I might.  Anyway, Smith was trying to audition the 'Spoon for the Chasing Amy lead and she turned out to be a huge twat.  What a surprise there.  This chapter was worth the price of the book (75 cents).  

The large director/writer/comic is one funny fuck.  I enjoyed this book very much and would definitely recommend this to someone who is a fan of his work.  However, if you didn't enjoy Clerks you probably won't like this book.  And you are probably a communist.  And an anti-semite.  Just sayin'.  

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