Is it a coincidence the Dogma spelled backwards is AMGOD, where AM stands for Alanis Morrisette, who played God in the over ambitious 1999 mis-step by Kevin Smith? The film was written by Smith before he did the ultra low-budget b/w classic Clerks but wasn't produced then for 2 reasons: 1) he knew Jason Mewes (Jay) wasn't ready because he could hardly remember his lines and 2) he knew that he would get a lot of flack from the film, which could've hurt his chances for future movie projects.

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