Obese Filmmaker Booted From Flight

American Voices • Entertainment • celebrities • movies • travel • ISSUE 46•07 • Feb 16, 2010

Kevin Smith, director of such films as Clerks and Clerks II was ejected from a Southwest Airlines flight this weekend because of pilot concerns over his weight. What do you think?

“I feel sorry for all the passengers who missed out on a 40-minute monologue exploring Star Wars and oral sex."”
Johan Malinder –
Liaison Officer
“What does it say about your directorial career that your tweets are far more compelling, suspenseful, and emotionally honest than your recent movies?"”
Karen Kirk –
Aircraft Appraiser
“Hugely obese and flying Southwest? Yikes, sounds like Kevin Smith's career is exactly where it should be."”
Thad Watson –
Unemployed

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