In article <fVM4g.4862$fx.453980@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Taylor <taylor.taylor@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt to Film Kaavya Viswanathan Book
>
> By Phil Maggitti
>
> Apr 29, 2006, 09:49
>
> NAMIBIA - Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, two fifths of the most beautiful
> family in the world, intend to star in a film version of Kaavya
> Viswanathan's controversial first novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got
> Wild and Got a Life.
>
> DreamWorks, which had optioned Opal Mehta, pulled the plug on the film
> in the early stages of development after learning that Ms. Viswanathan's
> subconscious had inserted more than forty plagiarized passages into the
> book.
>
> When Ms. Jolie found out what DreamWorks had done, she offered to buy
> the rights to Opal Mehta, which DreamWorks was planning to auction on
eBay.
>
> "Clearly this is another case of the dominant culture in America
> bringing the whip down on a person of color," said Ms. Jolie in a
> conference call to re****ters. "It makes me ashamed to be an American."
>
> "Me, too," said Mr. Pitt.
>
> Ms. Jolie said she had not been able to contact Ms. Viswanathan, who has
> ignored repeated calls to her cell phone, numerous e-mails, and dozens
> of chat-room-buddy messages.
>
> "If I could talk to her," said Ms. Jolie, "I'd invite her to stay with
> us in Namibia."
>
> "Me, too," said Mr. Pitt.
>
> "No one would be allowed to get near her, let alone bother her, in
> Namibia," said Ms. Jolie. "My word is law here."
>
> "Damn right," said Mr. Pitt.
>
> In related news, several persons in Athens, Georgia, demanded their
> money back after seeing United 93 "because there weren't no friggin'
> s****s on the plane."
>
> http://www.pugbus.net/artman/publish/20060429_22_joliefilm.shtml
>
> ---
>
> Angelina Jolie has taken this taking on human rights violations TOO FAR.
> Now she's taking on (the human rights of) ****ing morons who should know
> better, but do it anway (Kaavya Viswanathan). DUH.
You do realize that's not a real news article, don't you? It's a joke
from a humor website.
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