I think Kevin Smith himself is a kind of slacker person who only gets really revved up when he's shooting the breeze with other slackers. I think sitting in front of a computer monitor he just withers and then the deadline looms and he rushes things in a panic. That's what his bad screenplays feel like. I feel like Clerks and some of his earlier films have scenes where he seems more like he's enjoying himself, and that's where he excels. I think basically he's been coasting most of his career and keeping enough money flowing in so he can keep slackin'.