Jul. 8th, 2004

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If it were me who had come up with the idea for White Chicks, I'd be keeping my mouth shut rather than crowing about it to the courts.

From http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/#1
Wayans Brothers Accused of Stealing Film Ideas

The new Wayans Brothers race comedy White Chicks is at the center of a legal dispute after a production company in Connecticut claimed they had the initial idea for the film. Bosses at A Slice Of Pie Productions claim the film, which has become a surprise summer hit in America, is a rip off of their movie Johnny Bronx. In new court documents, the production company alleges Johnny Bronx was offered to the Wayans as a treatment in 1997. The premise of the film was a fumbling African American FBI agent who "is converted to a white, Italian- American mobster to infiltrate the mafia". In Keenen Ivory Wayans' new film, which stars his brothers Marlon and Shawn, two tough detectives transform themselves into white socialites to solve a crime. The Wayans insist the idea was brother Shawn's, but A Slice Of Pie chiefs claim some scenes in the film were "almost identical" to those in their treatment and they're suing for damages.
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Many years ago, I knew a guy who had run Jabberwocky through a spell checker, just to see what he would get. I thought I'd do the same. I seem to remember his output was stranger than this... )

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