Kevin Smith is looking back on death threats he received over his 1999 movie 'Dogma,' starring Ben Affleck and Matt Damon: ''Can you imagine getting that irate over a movie with a rubber poop monster?'
and estimates he received a total of"400,000 pieces of hate mail and three bona fide death threats" for his work on the movie, starring
One of the horrible things he recalls being told: "You Jews better take that money you stole from us and start investing in flak jackets, because we're coming in there with shotguns.""The movie had a rubber poop monster in it," Smith laughs. "Can you imagine getting that irate over a movie with a rubber poop monster? I hope whoever wrote that, that missive found peace. Sounds like they ran for Congress.
When the movie was released in November 1999, Smith said much the same about the outcry over the religious-themed comedy."Comparing me to Hitler is quite a stretch," Smith quipped then, perwhen he took on the story of two fallen angels — played by his regular collaborators Affleck and Damon — attempting to break into heaven.
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