An Evening with Kevin Smith
On Thursday, I was driving into work, flipping through the channels when I heard a local DJ doing an interview. I stopped when I heard the interviewee. It was Kevin Smith. He was probably my favorite director for about 4 or five years. Clerks and Mallrats are good and Chasing Amy and Dogma are great.
So, I did a quick search and found out that he was going to be at the Pabst Theater the following night. I quickly bought a ticket and was looking forward to the show.
Friday was an interesting day as my new cell phone came in and I had to run home during the day to sign for it and then after work to start charging it.
After this, I was off to the show. I parked in the underground parking and made my way about six blocks over to The Milwaukee Brat House. The bar was full as it was mostly bar with a few tables along the wall. I lucked out with an empty table, sat down, and ordered a Brat with fries and a Polish dog.
The wait staff was friendly and quick, but they were slightly understaffed for the number of people, so they couldn't keep up with their customers quite enough.
The meal came fairly quickly in cardboard containers similar to those at BW3's. I started with the brat, which came with a ton of sauerkraut. I tried a bite with it, but you could only taste the kraut, so I took it off. Underneath, I found that the brat was only about the size of a hot dog. I put some brown mustard on it and it wasn't too bad. I definitely liked the pretzel buns that they came on. I then went to the polish dog, however, it tasted just like a breakfast "squirty" sausage, which wasn't great. The frys were pretty good, though. Overall, the food wasn't that great and I've had much better brats. So, when I'm in the area, I probably be going to the German Beer Hall instead.
After I was done, I made my way back over to the Pabst and was just about on time for when I wanted to arrive. The theater was open, so I made my way in, got a bottle of water, and went to my seat. Unfortunately, my seat was not where I thought it was. I ended up being stuck next to an entryway wall for the next level down and had another big guy sitting next to me. So, I wasn't in the most comfortable spot.
However, once the show started, this was all forgotten. Kevin Smith came on stage and briefly talked about the issue with being kicked off the flight and said that he felt at home being around so many people that looked like him. He also in a story basically told people that when he met people from Wisconsin, he referred to them as being "from the cheese."
He went on to talk about sex allot, flesh lights, and a little about his movies. He talked about how different of an experience it was to direct Bruce Willis and his relationship with George Carlin.
The format was that there were two microphones and people would come up and ask a question. On some, he would segue into a 20 minute or so story, on others, the answer would only take a couple of minutes. Also, occasionally you would get people on the mic that were painful to listen to.
It was a good show, pretty funny. I was a little surprised a how little he talked about film, but the show was funny enough to still make it worth while.
I thought that the show was funny, so to me, it was worth the admission price. It wasn't great though, and anyone uncomfortable listening to someone talk about sex, sexual acts, defecating, their friend's junk, self pleasure with fake beer cans, or drugs should probably stay away.
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