
Earlier this year, Dinesh D’Souza released the documentary 2016: Obama’s America, and you’d think any possible revelations in that would be nullified by the fact that the trailer had a black family fighting over a Monopoly board while Arab music played. But when some people see that, and instead of immediately recognizing it as idiotic, they go straight into “YEAH BUT SOME LIBERAL DOCUMENTARIES ARE EVEN WORSE!” it’s a perfect illustration of how our two-party system ends up making everyone dumber. But I digress. 2016 went on to become the second-most successful domestic political documentary ever (behind Fahrenheit 9/11), grossing $33 million. You’d think that since then, D’Souza’s life would be nothing but sunshine and puppy farts. Turns out, not so.
Last week, D’Souza was forced to resign as president of evangelical King’s College after he was caught having an affair with a married student while still married to his own wife (he says they were separated). Which isn’t really a big deal unless you’re always spouting about the biblical sanctity of marriage and whatnot, which he is. Then this week, D’Souza was dragged to court in two separate lawsuits. The first was filed by another producer on 2016, Douglas Sain, who alleges in part:
Sain alleges that D’Souza is using revenues from the movie for projects and personal matters unrelated to the movie. D’Souza has used the OAF- compensated marketing team to promote his own business interests: a separate book which he claims as his own, his former employer-King’s College, a movie about Ronald Reagan which is currently being developed by an OAF vendor and D’Souza independently from OAF, and crisis management dealing with his personal extra-marital affair.
Meanwhile, his investors on 2016 are also suing him.
In a separate suit (read it here), 2016 investors are seeking profits from D’Souza’s bestselling book Obama’s America: Unmasking The American Dream. The Nevada-based Rancho Esperanza investment group claims that the author has received more that $1 million from the film already but that he owes them all revenus from the book because it relies heavily on material from the documentary. Rancho Esperanza’s unnamed investors say in their suit that they own the intellectual rights to 2016. The book was released on August 13, over a month after the documentary was released and a week before its run was widened to 1,100 theaters. [Deadline]
I admit, it’s not as exciting as a black family throwing Monopoly pieces at each other, but if someone films these proceedings, speeds them up real fast and puts Yakkety Sax over the whole thing, we might have something. I mean look, Dinesh D’Souza may have affairs and ruin marriages and lose jobs and steal from his investors, but at least he doesn’t fight over Monopoly like “the blacks.”



“Obama’s” at Cannes, just clap your hands. Just clap your hands…
Rancho Esperanza. Not to be confused with Rauncho Esperanza, the mexican gonzo-gay-porn actor.
It says Venture Capitalists right on their business cards!
The people who brought me “Taco Bell XXX – Time For a Seven Layer DP”?
I’d watch that. I’m interested in the sexual uses of the Taco Bell caulking guns.
That monopoly scene will never not be incredibly offensive/hilarious.
White people hear Glenn Miller when throwing Monopoly pieces.
It’s become readily apparent that, despite having had myriad opportunities to do so, D’Souza quite simply failed to heed sound counsel and check himself.
Dinesh D’Loser, amirite? He should have known better than to hire an “OAF- compensated marketing team” and an “OAF vendor.” Those oafs, they can’t do anything correctly.
*finishes Romney w/Hitler mustache photoshop, dons ‘Yes We Can’ t-shirt*
Republicans and their childish bullshit. I AM THE 99%!
Are you serious with the “Hitler photoshop” reference? You can’t be serious. I’ll assume you’re not serious.
I prefer to follow the dreams of Mitt Romney’s great grandfather, hide out in Mexico with my four wives, work on my tan. Dinesh certainly acts like he knows what I’m talking about.
That’s a great point. That guy had it all figured out.
You do know that Obama’s grandpa was a polygamist also, right?
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C’mon, you expect a guy that looks like me to work on his tan in Africa?
Well this startling revelation is certain to have an effect on nobody’s vote come November 6.
D’vorced D’fendant. The fact that his movie grossed almost the same amount as That’s My Boy makes more sense than any fact I expect to encounter this week.
“America must grow so liberty grows.” Is that an obesity reference?
This never would have happened if Barack HUSSEIN Obama wasn’t in office! Poor smug Dinesh D’Souza just wanted a simple adulterous life
True story:
I was in Denver 2 weeks ago visiting my sister and her husband, when a skinny white college kid in a Rastafarian hat came to the door and said “Hey, I’d like tell you why I’m voting for Obama this election.” My brother-in-law replied “Good luck with getting anyone to take you and your stupid Rastafarian hat seriously.” and then closed the door. Two Mormon’s came to the door a few hours later, but all they got out was “Hi…” before the door closed.
So yeah, the brother-in-law is pretty cool.
Your sister has good taste in people she lets rail her.
You’ll have to get rid of your Rastafarian hat before you have shot, sport.
*Slapping a Too Cool For This Planet button on my hat*
Pssh….I’ve been safarariing since before you were born.
I’m very conservative in general and even I think this guy is nuts.
The one thing though that legitimately doesn’t make sense to me…how can he smirk like that when he spends his life with his head up his arse? I mean if he was frowning like Trump I would understand, but smirking? That just flies in the face of reason.
It’s no good guv, he’s stuck fast!
I’m glad you brought up Michael Moore. In the interest of fairness his documentaries are bullshit as well. But a bad day for any radical demagogue is a good day for me.
I know it’s not a doc (or is it?) but I fucking love Canadian Bacon.
I do too.
Tay Zonday looks like shit these days…
“But when some people see that, and instead of immediately recognizing it as idiotic, they go straight into “YEAH BUT SOME LIBERAL DOCUMENTARIES ARE EVEN WORSE!” it’s a perfect illustration of how our two-party system ends up making everyone dumber.”
i want to kiss that quote
The publicity for Obama 2016 did turn me on to his debates with Christopher Hutchens though. And for that, we thank you.
Hey, I’ll have you know that democrats have scandals much worse, buddy, and the LIBERAL MEDIA doesn’t report on that.
I’m kinda sad computers don’t blow up when you type that series of words into them.
Love him or hate him, you don’t know him
Are you talking about D’Souza or T.I.?
I don’t know either of them
Does the voice over use auto tune or does Souza talk like Stephen Hawking?
You’re telling me this human Dreamworks face was able to convince two women to sleep with him? I guess there is someone for everyone…who you then cheat on for some hot Christian trim.