{"id":3943,"date":"2012-09-27T07:34:47","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T15:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/?p=3943"},"modified":"2012-12-28T16:16:41","modified_gmt":"2012-12-29T00:16:41","slug":"did-kevin-smith-once-picket-his-own-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2012\/09\/27\/did-kevin-smith-once-picket-his-own-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Kevin Smith Once Picket His Own Film?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about movies and whether they are true or false. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2009\/04\/19\/movie-legends-revealed-history\/\">here<\/a> to view an archive of the movie urban legends featured so far.<\/p>\n<p><u><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">MOVIE URBAN LEGEND<\/span><\/u>: Kevin Smith once picketed his own film.<\/p>\n<p>Dogma, a 1999 action comedy film by writer\/director Kevin Smith, satirized the Catholic Church and, well, their dogma.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/dogma_ver1.jpg\" alt=\"dogma_ver1\" title=\"dogma_ver1\" width=\"380\" height=\"559\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/dogma_ver1.jpg 380w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/dogma_ver1-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?t=legenrevea-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;asins=B000053VAF&#038;fc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;lt1=_blank&#038;m=amazon&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;bc1=000000&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;f=ifr\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The film, as you might expect, drew a lot of controversy and even a smattering of protests.<\/p>\n<p>One such protest was in New Jersey, outside a movie theater showing the film. It was not exactly a well attended protest, but it did have one familiar looking face in the crowd of picketers&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/smithdogma1.jpg\" alt=\"smithdogma1\" title=\"smithdogma1\" width=\"515\" height=\"377\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/smithdogma1.jpg 515w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/smithdogma1-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kevin Smith, himself.<\/p>\n<p>Smith apparently decided it would be fun to mingle with the protesters, and he even was interviewed by a local news crew!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/smithdogma2.jpg\" alt=\"smithdogma2\" title=\"smithdogma2\" width=\"515\" height=\"425\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/smithdogma2.jpg 515w, https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/smithdogma2-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When asked about his views, Smith (who would not admit or deny that he was, in fact, Smith, but, well, come on!) says &#8220;I don&#8217;t think it stands for anything positive.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>To this, the reporter asks, &#8220;What does it stand for?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Smith replies, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know, but I&#8217;ve been told not good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hilarious. <\/p>\n<p>The legend is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><u><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">STATUS<\/span><\/u>: True<\/p>\n<p>Feel free (heck, I implore you!) to write in with your suggestions for future urban legends columns! My e-mail address is &#x62;&#x63;&#114;on&#x69;&#x6e;&#64;le&#x67;&#x65;&#110;ds&#x72;&#x65;&#x76;eal&#x65;&#x64;&#46;co&#x6d;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about movies and whether they are true or false. Click here to view an archive of the movie urban legends featured so far. MOVIE URBAN LEGEND: Kevin Smith once picketed his own film. Dogma, a 1999 action comedy film by writer\/director Kevin Smith, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[11],"tags":[1327,1326],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7MjBq-11B","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6023,"url":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2015\/07\/07\/did-kevin-smith-write-a-decoy-screenplay-for-batman-v-superman-dawn-of-justice\/","url_meta":{"origin":3943,"position":0},"title":"Did Kevin Smith Write a Decoy Screenplay for Batman v. 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