When “Clerks” debuted in 1994 it was widely held as one of the finest films to emerge from the independent film ranks. Though it was released in only a limited number of theaters, the film garnered much praise from critics and took home awards from nearly every film festival. Many consider Kevin Smith’s low budget homage to the minimum wage convenience store employee as one of the most pivotal films of the early 90’s – bringing “indy” films firmly into the mainstream. It showed “Generation X” wasn’t just made up of brooding soul patch wearing twenty-somethings, sipping lattes in a Seattle coffee house. “Clerks” introduced us to the slackers of Generation X: convenience store workers who shirk responsibility in favor of pointless arguments.
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