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Originally Posted by ladygreek
Are you kidding me? That is exactly what they are trying to do. Starting with the Founders painting, this is what they set out to do. Heck, the artist (and one of the producers) is an Alpha. Why didn't he make a movie of his own frat--it is their 100th anniversary? Could it be that he didn't get permission?
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Good questions.
My answer would honestly be: I'on know. Ladies first, perhaps?
A follow up question I have is "Why Delta? (as opposed to the other 3 GLOs)" Another one would be "What would this company do with the profits from the movie? (assuming they amass such)"--the answer that probably will be to parlay those funds into another "Black Fraternity/Sorority Project" movie. But I'm just guessing.
Just a thought-provoking question: Would you have felt better if they used all the elements of Delta's founding but took a Dragnet-style approach to sorority identification (the names have been changed to protect the innocent).
I know of one movie (Fraternity Row) that took that approach with regards to an actual hazing death (a pledge died during initiation choking to death on a piece of liver--the fictional frat portrayed was called Gamma Nu Pi, the actual fraternity involved was the Kappa Sigma fraternity at USC back in 1959).
Is the central issue here the mere portrayal of such a movie, getting the org in question's blessing, or historical accuracy?