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

An episode of [Death is a Photograph](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1851854369), 19 Apr 2026, 1 h 05 min.

Audio: https://redirect.zencastr.com/r/episode/69e4bf2ad1ee96de0030e10d/size/93392685/audio-files/67f3e7b6c0e44b4fefd3ba4a/3db29d4f-2191-4311-8e6d-7701b4835454.mp3

Connect with us on Patreon. 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.

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