Saturday, April 26, 2008

Sniping.


So Wesley Snipes is going to jail. For not filing taxes for for three years, (during which time he earned $13.8 million, of which Uncle Sam reckons he's owed $2.7 mil of Snipes' take), Mr. Snipes gets to spend three years in the pokey.



Learning of his predicament has provided - at least for me - some measure of poetic justice. With the exception of 1993's Demolition Man, Snipes' big-screen efforts have been deplorable. Pity the judge didn't take White Man Can't Jump, Passenger 57, and the Blade trilogy into account when he sentenced him. That'd be a life sentence.


And if To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar had been considered, Wesley's next role would feature him on a double-billing with Old Sparky. Wonder if Snipes will reprise his Wong Foo role while in The Big House?





Sadly, given the realities borne when you combine up a minimum-security prison sentence, white collar crime and a 'celebrity' inmate, I seriously doubt he'll do the whole 36 months. And, to add insult to injury, he'll probably come out of prison with a LOT of movie offers.

That's when we, the movie-going public will start doing our time.



Wonder if Wesley will get access to a computer in prison? If so, he can check out humor-blogs.com.

3 comments:

avogle said...

Maybe part of his sentence is the requirement to reprieve his Willie Mays Hayes past for each successive Major League 4 - 14 sequel. Corbin Bernsen could use the work, too, I'm betting.

Mat Garretson said...

I shudder at the thought...

Anonymous said...

He might like prison, I hear he "Bats both ways"..