New movie-making fun of greeks??

[Zeta13Girl]

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[SWTXBelle]

I hate the use of Zeta and Phi Mu - but I have to admit that it looks better than the usual dreck. At least the Zetas have a sense of "individuality". That said, it's not on my list of must-sees.

[KenUDiggit]

Its no big deal.

[AXiDTrish]

I really hate to admit that I laughed....but I did. I agree though, I wish they had used other letters/names.

[texas*princess]

Maybe I saw another trailer, but I don't see a reference to Phi Mu?

And I have to say, unless the group is using the nickname "Zeta" and their house letters are in a blue, does that really mean they are trying to rip off the entire sorority?

If they had everything in common then I'd probably think differently.

I believe the "bunny" reference is in regards to her being a Playboy bunny... unless that happens to be the mascot of Zeta Alpha Zeta.

[SWTXBelle]

Well, the problem is when you say "Zeta" - who do you think of? Many non-greeks won't get it - but many will, and I'd hate for anyone to see the movie, and go on campus and hear about the "Zetas" and think of this movie. And the Phi some other letter Mus are the evil sorority that is trying to get the "Zetas" kicked out of their house. There are many letter combinations they could have used that have no NPC relations - thus avoiding the problem altogether. I don't think they are ripping off the same sorority, it's just that it references two sororities that would not in a million years, I imagine, allow their names to be used for this movie.

[skylark]

I think it looks cute... but yes offensive to greek life and women, generally. Two redstripes beforehand and I'll be good to go, incapable of any feminist critiques ;-)

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Well, the problem is when you say "Zeta" - who do you think of? Many non-greeks won't get it - but many will, and I'd hate for anyone to see the movie, and go on campus and hear about the "Zetas" and think of this movie. And the Phi some other letter Mus are the evil sorority that is trying to get the "Zetas" kicked out of their house. There are many letter combinations they could have used that have no NPC relations - thus avoiding the problem altogether. I don't think they are ripping off the same sorority, it's just that it references two sororities that would not in a million years, I imagine, allow their names to be used for this movie.

True... =but= I just think we as Greeks get a little carried away with the whole "OMG I HOPE THE GDIS ON MY CAMPUS DON'T THINK WE'RE JUST LIKE THIS SORORITY IN A MOVIE OR TV SHOW BECAUSE WE ARE NOT LIKE THAT AND WE WANT EVERYONE TO LOVE US AND JOIN US" thing.

Seriously, if there were an ADPi-like sorority on a TV show and some random college kid thought we were all meanies because of the one they saw on TV, wouldn't let it phase me because it's TV!!! Who cares.

It's one thing if the show is portraying Greeks as evil hazers and they use a real org's name and it's quite another when a show or movie uses something that may sound similar and the worst sterotype they can come up with is being the house of meanies.

People who want to hate Greeks or sterotype them ALWAYS WILL. Even if they saw a movie or TV show that made us look like the most awesome people in the world.

There are only so many greek letter combinations they can use, and I honestly doubt the movie execs/writers/whoever go through a massive list of every single GLO to see if there is anything "close". I'm sure they certainly try to make sure they aren't infringing on copyright stuff, but that's about as far as I would expect them to go. If ZTA has "Zeta" copyrighted and there are other major similarities (same sort of letters/colors/mascots/philanthropies/etc) then yea, I'd say there is a problem.

And regarding the "Phi" sorority, are you serious? Just because a sorority has the same number of letters and starts with the same letter does not neccesarily mean they are trying to copy a sorority.

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by Zeta13Girl

If you go to the synopsis it says the rival sorority is phi iota mu.

the bunny relation is the fact that while the symbol isn't national many of our sororities have adopted it as a local symbol my chapter included.

So because the sorority has two greek letters that are actual greek letters of a real sorority that means they are obviously trying to depict Phi Mu!

There are only so many combinations people. If they are ripping off all the other things of that sorority, then it would be an issue.

And unless the Zeta sorority in the movie has a bunny mascot also, I still don't see how they are "obviously" referring to Zeta. The girl in the movie was a PLAYBOY bunny. It's part of the plot. I'm sure if the Zeta sorority used a turtle mascot they would 'obviously' be ripping of Delta Zeta because there is a Zeta in the name and the turtle is their mascot...

[Elephant Walk]

Here's a real video making fun of greeks...

http://videovault.morrisvideos.com/v...ocumentary-bx-

Good lord and y'all wonder why we hate the northern chapters.

You can figure out that part of it is ATO. This one was floating around the FH boards for awhile. It makes me sick. It's probably been on this board before as well.

One of the best lines is...
"If he's 50/50 TKE, fuck him!"

[James]

There are some cuties in that movie. Put it on my list. It looks funny.

[SoCalGirl]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

I hate the use of Zeta and Phi Mu - but I have to admit that it looks better than the usual dreck. At least the Zetas have a sense of "individuality". That said, it's not on my list of must-sees.

Originally Posted by texas*princess

Maybe I saw another trailer, but I don't see a reference to Phi Mu?

And I have to say, unless the group is using the nickname "Zeta" and their house letters are in a blue, does that really mean they are trying to rip off the entire sorority?

If they had everything in common then I'd probably think differently.

I believe the "bunny" reference is in regards to her being a Playboy bunny... unless that happens to be the mascot of Zeta Alpha Zeta.

When Anna Faris walks up to the house it's in bad shape. The sign at one point said ZETA but the E was missing so it only said Z TA. Then the Z falls on her head.

Damn it! It looks cute. I'll rent it since it'll likely be in stores by Christmas.

[SWTXBelle]

TX Princess, I don't think anyone has gotten really worked up about the movie. We've said we wished they had used different letters, but that's about it. Did I miss the "OMG it's so awful" post? I even went so far as to say that it looks better than the average "let's use every stereotype in the book" greek movie, which is insulting more for a lack of creativity than anything else.
Yes, there are only so many combos of letters, but there are plenty that don't reference any NPC sorority at all. "Revenge of the Nerds" managed to avoid any problems. You really think they didn't have any choice but to have Zetas and Phi Mu? The missing e leading to "ZTA" - they HAD to do that? They couldn't have the rivals be Mu Iota Phi? C'mon - someone is having some fun.
This doesn't look like a movie I would want to see no matter what letters they used, but I'm not about to put up a barricade and demand a boycott.

[twotimestalia]

I have no problem with "THE HOUSE BUNNY". Looks "cutesie" and not "serious" in my opinion.

I do have a problem with the HBO doc., It's really sick. If they (those in the film) think that's "brotherhood" I feel sorry for them.

[BabyPiNK_FL]

I've known about this movie for a while. The problem I have is that in the movie at least according to those who have viewed early screenings and imdb.com the Phi Iota Mus are referred to as "Phi Mus" naturally I don't like that. Allegedly nationals knows but I guess there's nothing they can do because it's not technically Phi Mu, but it still offends me. I wish they had just chosen names like Xi Omicron Gamma and Omega Mu Delta or whatever, something that's not too close to actual names!