Email or username:

Password:

Forgot your password?
All posts Mike Masnick ✅'s posts Post Back to profile
Mike Masnick ✅

Years ago, I got to interview and hang out with Kevin Smith backstage before a show, and he was incredibly kind and generous with his time.

It's good that he's now talking openly about his mental health struggles, and I know he's worried that he's going to get hate for it so I'm sharing this for the positive vibes that should be sent his way. people.com/health/clerks-direc

26 Apr 2023 at 17:34 | Open on mastodon.social
18 comments
Don Whiteside

@mmasnick He seems like such a thoughtful guy. Maybe it was just what media I was consuming, but he is the only person I saw who'd spent a lot of time in the Weinstein orbit to really muse about what he might have failed to see and what his personal responsibility should have been to notice and speak up. Not defensive “well I never saw…” junk, an actual sense of personal introspection.

26 Apr 2023 at 17:41 | Open on mastodon.coffee
Thad

@mmasnick I think the best thing he's ever written may be his story of Jason Mewes' struggles with drug addiction.

Smith's appeal is in his authenticity, and always has been. I've had the impression for awhile now that he'd lost sight of that in his art, and it sounds like he lost sight of it even in his own psyche.

As Afterschool Special as "be yourself" sounds, I hope this helps him remember how to do that. And I hope people are kind to him in response, but fuck 'em if they aren't.

26 Apr 2023 at 17:47 | Open on brontosin.space
Iron Curtain (Chiptunes)

@Thad @mmasnick This is slightly off-topic, but I'm just grateful that he put a song by my pal Mega Ran in a scene in Clerks 3. Being credited on a [different] Mega Ran song really was a boon to my royalties, and I'm really happy to see him succeed!

26 Apr 2023 at 18:03 | Open on mstdn.social
Thad

@IronCurtain Oh, nice. I haven't seen Clerks 3 but I've been known to enjoy some Mega Ran from time to time.

He's a local boy, right? Phoenix?

26 Apr 2023 at 18:09 | Open on brontosin.space
Iron Curtain (Chiptunes)

@Thad He's originally from Philly but has moved to Phoenix a long while ago. That being said, he still has Philly in his heart.

26 Apr 2023 at 21:26 | Open on mstdn.social
joel b

@mmasnick I adore Kevin Smith and his work… his fans on the other hand drove me away.

26 Apr 2023 at 17:49 | Open on social.tummyacid.net
Mark Chandler

@mmasnick Thank you for posting this. It's articles like these that help break down the stigma surrounding mental health.

26 Apr 2023 at 18:24 | Open on mstdn.social
hannahshouse2 🇺🇸 California

@mmasnick
The video accompanying this article is quite touching.

26 Apr 2023 at 19:38 | Open on toot.community
Jenny

@mmasnick Really good article. And this statement is so true:

"But I learned that there's no differentiation [between levels of trauma] to the human nervous system. Internally, trauma is trauma."

100%

26 Apr 2023 at 20:04 | Open on mastodon.online
Danny Boling 🌈 ☮️

@mmasnick

He's worried he'll get hate for talking about his mental health?

I really hate people. I really do. 😠

26 Apr 2023 at 21:00 | Open on mstdn.social
Zaron

@mmasnick i knew he lost weight but damn. I think he lost a whole other 2 people

26 Apr 2023 at 23:05 | Open on mastodon.social
Vickie :CApride: 😷

@mmasnick both my husband and I are huge Kevin Smith fans...we watch his movies, buy his books and we used to see him often when we lived in Vancouver, he was always receptive to waves and comments as we passed him by. He is a good guy.

27 Apr 2023 at 3:10 | Open on mstdn.ca
Tanquist

@mmasnick
Thank you. I know someone who will appreciate this #RoleModel.

27 Apr 2023 at 12:38 | Open on masto.ai
Peter Butler

@mmasnick Kevin Smith is a … controversial figure in many ways, but personally, I think “kind” is an excellent descriptor

27 Apr 2023 at 14:37 | Open on mas.to
Go Up