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Rip Off

posted 14 years ago by SamE1331
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Sarah Ruhl should get a legal team. Because the summary for this movie is pretty much identical to her successful Braodway play: In the Next Room (Or The Vibrator Play). The play was nominated for the Tony for Best Play and starred Laura Benanti and Michael Cerveris, so I doubt the team behind the movie never heard of it, especially the writers. When I first saw a blurb about this in a magazine I thought they must have taken the play and changed the title for a movie adaptation, but since Ruhl's name is nowhere to be found on the films page, it seems like its just the most blatant rip off in recent memory. Good job Hollywood, you always know how to cash in on someone else's success.

[–] tonydodge 13 years ago

ms. ruhl was inspired by a book, The Technology of Orgasm by Rachel P. Maines, and perhaps the filmmakers were, too. it was written in 2001.

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[–] smegbug2 13 years ago

I kind of find it hilarious that no-one has made either a connection or joke about Michael Cerveris being in that play and being "The Observer" on Fringe. "Michael Cerveris's Observer likes to watch. On Fox." I'm terribly sorry, I couldn't help myself. I'll ban myself from this thread, again I apologize.

[–] buff-29 13 years ago

Here is a rule: The more clever people think they are the more stupid they are likely to be. I know this applies here, to the OP, and I have found that it works very well all over the Net. I try to keep it in mind myself, every time I imagine that I have noticed something that was invisible to everyone else. I hold my keyboard for a few hours before making a fool of myself. (At least usually I do.)If more people would adopt this practice postings on IMDB would drop very sharply, to the benefit of all.

[–] lingh0e 12 years ago

... and here I thought this was a rip-off of Super Sucker.

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[–] bthr 12 years ago

a movie and a play both tell the story of the same object's origin, i hardly called it a rip of.