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Wait, Someone Wants Credit For You Don’t Mess With The Zohan?

Some dude is suing Adam Sandler for copyright infringement. The term "intellectual property" seems a bit grandiose. From OneIndia:

London (ANI): Adam Sandler has been slapped with a copyright infringement suit by a comic book writer, who claims the actor stole his idea for the film You Don't Mess With The Zohan. Writer Robert Cabell turned to the Manhattan Federal court and filed legal papers against the Reign Over Me star and chiefs at Happy Madison Productions, Sony and Columbia Pictures in New York.

Cabell alleged that Sandler's character Zohan, an Israeli hero who fakes his own death in order to pursue his dream of becoming a hairstylist in New York City, was lifted from his Hair-Raising Adventures of Jayms Blonde.

Someone should tell that dude to drop his lawsuit. It's embarrassing. The only thing worse than being the guy who created You Don't Mess with the Zohan is being the guy who created the idea that wasn't quite good enough to be You Don't Mess with the Zohan and had to be rewritten.

WAIT A SECOND, Zohan made 100 million dollars? I should fucking sue that movie. For aggravated assault. ON MY EYES! (I've already hired a lawyer to defend me against the countersuits from that terrible joke, so better luck next time, counselor. You can't handle the truth. I rest my case.)

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