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Creativity starves insanityEarly is never early enough with a premiere in town and a wicked writer hitting the pavement of Sydney's city proper. Hitting the sushi place for a quick box is too early on the discounts. Too late, however, back at the line snaking and eating itself out at the State Theatre.
Slow movement stalls and moves quick again before standing still. In the dark alley on the side of the theatre, it's plain and clear to see the blackness of all the fans. Many of the blokes looking similar in girth, unshaven state and general doggedness.
Not easy in the State Theatre's seats. No room to fold over and under with people passing along the ranks. Cameras were out ready to shake it up with blurry photos of the stage in the distance and making wallpaper from the wallpaper. Dress circle tickets being the highest of the high. Third row for the general admission.
Applause rides in with Clerks II large on the screen. Raucous laughter makes the audience bear the brunt of responsibility in sharing the joke. When the whole chorus joins in and no line of sight is made, it's hell figuring out the whispers and asides of the View Askewniverse.
Mooby's looks like the kind of fast food joint where the menu looks good enough to eat before throwing it back up again from the bottom of the bowels. Possibly catching on with a chunk of the colon on the expulsion jump.
Snappy dialogue is the font of pleasure and never a moment passes too long without slapping hard across the face of society and security. Disability, sex acts and etiquette and rabid fanboys take it up from the rear. Numerous times and from various angles in twisting more than even contortionists can handle.
An interspecies erotica display featuring a donkey front and centre is never given all the screen time that it can possibly squeeze and squirt onto. Good thing in the end.
Thank yous in the end credits start off steady but by the fifth line, move too quick to capture the entirety of quips and shout outs to people and property. And like the special edition version of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, darkness before one last hurrah. Supplemental credits featuring MySpace drones rolls on for minutes on end.
After the black walks Kevin Smith, looking remarkably like a huge Silent Bob inaction figure in action, for his self-moderated Q&A.
Starting out at the buffer of ninety minutes, the questions and fans keep hitting the microphones with no shortage. Smith's work on comics gets a run as do his thoughts on Superman, films and swearing to/at his daughter Harley Quinn. Nice long and detailed answers with an atmosphere of buddies.
And then the owners of the State Theatre kick everyone out minutes on midnight. An amazingly enjoyable night. Even without any trains to ride all the way home on.
Soon Van - Wednesday, August 23, 2006 - 15:20
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