Editing Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (section)

==MPAA rating and GLAAD controversy==
In August 2001, three weeks prior to release, the film came under fire from the [[Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation]] (GLAAD), for an alleged "overwhelmingly [[Homophobia|homophobic]] tone",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b41964_glaad_strikes_back_silent_bob.html |title=GLAAD Strikes Back at 'Silent Bob' |last1=Armstrong |first1=Mark |date=August 2, 2001 |publisher=[[E!|eonline.com]] |access-date=June 2, 2010 |archive-date=August 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813212946/http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b41964_glaad_strikes_back_silent_bob.html |url-status=live }}</ref> which included an abundance of gay jokes and characters excessively using the term "gay" to mean something derogatory. The scenes deemed particularly offensive included Jay's vehement refusal of giving oral sex to a male driver when hitchhiking, and Jay chastising Silent Bob for being willing to perform fellatio on him to get the security guard to let them go. Following an advance screening of the film, former GLAAD media director Scott Seomin asked Smith to make a $10,000 donation to the [[Matthew Shepard Foundation]], as well as to include a reference to GLAAD's cause in the ending credits.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,169884,00.html |title=GLAAD, Don't Get Mad |last=Ascher-Walsh |first=Rebecca |date=August 3, 2001 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly|EW.com]] |access-date=June 2, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421115112/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C169884%2C00.html |archive-date=April 21, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viewaskew.com/newboard/messages287/521.html |title=Some bad, bad news concerning me and GLAAD |last1=Smith |first1=Kevin |date=July 31, 2001 |publisher=viewaskew.com |access-date=June 2, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301105949/http://www.viewaskew.com/newboard/messages287/521.html |archive-date=March 1, 2010 }}</ref> Roger Ebert responded to this controversy, writing: "GLAAD should give audiences credit for enough intelligence to know the difference between satire and bigotry."<ref name=Ebert/>

On the bonus DVD, Smith explains in the on-camera intros of the deleted scenes that several scenes had to be cut from the theatrical release, due to the film initially receiving an [[Motion Picture Association of America film rating system#X replaced by NC-17|NC-17]] rating from the [[Motion Picture Association of America film rating system|MPAA]]. He also mentions in the audio commentary of the feature film that it took three submissions to the MPAA for the film to finally earn an R rating.