Season 1, Gen X — Episode 20 — Clerks (1994) + Clerks II (2006)

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DPP journeys to the Garden State, and Chase's political domain, this week — that's right, we're covering slacker favourites Clerks (1994) and Clerks II (2006).

Directed by Kevin Smith, these films explore what it's like to spend a decade working marginal, dead-end jobs, without actively identifying oneself as marginal or a failure, because you've got your friends, pop culture, and ever-present escape routes.

Were the lifestyles exhibited in Smith’s oeuvre only possible during a brief period at the end of history?

Find out in today’s episode.