Kevin Smith has had an up and down year, to say the least. In February, the actor-director suffered a massive heart attack that nearly killed him. Following his recovery, Smith decided to make some life changes and the results were nothing short of staggering. Just a few weeks ago, he posted a photo of himself to Instagram sporting a noticeably slimmer physique, revealing that he last 60 pounds thanks to a plant-based diet and the Weight Watchers app. Seeing Smith drop down a few pant sizes is inspiring for sure, but it’s had some unexpected consequences for the director’s most famous alter-ego.
We’re talking of course about Silent Bob, a character Smith has played in numerous films, including Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. One of the projects Smith is currently working on is a Jay and Silent Bob reboot but his weight loss has caused him to have to do some rewrites.
“This is the draft where I had to take out all the fat jokes ’cause they just don’t make sense anymore,” Smith said on a recent episode of his Fatman on Batman podcast, revealing that he’s currently writing the film’s eighth draft. In place of fat jokes, Smith says he’s going to try diet jokes, in part because he doesn’t want to contribute more to body-shaming culture.
As for what the Jay and Silent Bob reboot will be about, Smith revealed the basic plot back in May, saying that it’s a sequel to 2001’s Strike Back that will be going all meta on Hollywood’s reboot obsession. “Jay and Silent Bob Reboot is completely f—ing different,” Smith said. “In Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, Jay and Silent Bob find out that Hollywood is making a reboot of that old movie that they had made about them, and they have to go across the country to Hollywood to stop it all over again. it’s literally the same f—ing movie all over again. It’s a movie that makes fun of sequels and remakes and reboots while being all three at the same time.”
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Speaking of Kevin Smith, his movies haven’t always been warmly received by critics. Find out where his 2008 comedy Zack and Miri Make a Porno landed on our list of the Top 15 Underrated Comedy Movies:
Everyone likes to have a good laugh and comedic movies are one of the best ways to do so. But while movies such as Anchorman and Mean Girls have contributed a plethora of instantly recognizable quotes into our vernacular, there are many comedies that continue to go largely overlooked. If you’re tired of laughing at the same old jokes and are looking for something new to tickle your funny bone, consider checking out these 15 highly underrated comedies.
15. Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
Though Wet Hot American Summer is more popular than ever thanks to two Netflix revival series – the prequel First Day of Camp and the sequel Ten Years Later – it’s easy to forget that the original movie was a gigantic critical and commercial flop. Released in 2001, Wet Hot American Summer feels like a spiritual successor to the Zucker brothers school of comedy, such as Airplane! and The Naked Gun, in that it’s packed with all sorts of visual and audio gags (who can forget the repeated window smashing sound effect?).
The film’s cast is also ridiculously stacked, featuring then largely unknown actors such as Bradley Cooper and Elizabeth Banks in supporting roles. While the absurdist humor on display is certainly juvenile, there’s a charming, timeless quality to Wet Hot American Summer that helps explain why it was able to become such a beloved cult classic in spite of its initial failure.
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