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Smith: Just Monkeying with Burton
This time, the gorilla in question is filmmaker Tim Burton, and Smith now insists he was only joking when he claimed Burton "stole" the ending for his Planet of the Apes remake from one of Smith's old Jay and Silent Bob comic books.
"Lest anyone think some sort of holy jihad is brewing betwixt me and the mighty Tim, I'd like to set the record straight," Smith writes on his Website, www.viewaskew.com. "No, I do not think the Planet of the Apes ending was stolen...nor am I thinking about taking anyone to court."
The whole media frenzy (which, come to think of it, exploded just as Smith is promoting his new comedy, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, due in theaters August 24) started when the filmmaker says he "made a few jokey comments about being pissed and litigious" to the New York Post after he saw Burton's surprise ending.
The ending in question (think "Ape-raham Lincoln") looked a lot like a panel from one of Smith's comic books. "My jaw hit the ground when I saw that scene," Smith told the Post. "I think I got robbed and I'm talking with my lawyers about possibly suing."
Upon hearing Smith's "allegations," Burton lashed back, replying, "I have not seen the image and anybody that knows me knows I do not read comic books. And I especially wouldn't read anything that was created by Kevin Smith."
Ouch. Ya see, Burton and Smith weren't exactly buddies to begin with. Smith acknowledges that Burton once rejected a script he had written for the now-shelved Superman Lives project. "Yes," the director says, "I've signed many a bootleg copy of my Superman Lives script 'Fuck Tim Burton,' (with tongue firmly planted in cheek)."
But, Smith says, "let's drop the call to arms against the guy who gave us Beetlejuice just because he's not a fan of my stuff. Shit, if you're gonna get on the warpath of every motherfucker who doesn't care for my particular brand of whimsy, you'll never have enough energy left to get your asses to the theater on August 24 when Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back opens."
In fact, Smith has been quite busy defending his particular brand of whimsy. Just a week prior, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation slammed his new film, calling it "overwhelmingly homophobic" for reinforcing gay men "as objects of acceptable ridicule and dehumanization." While Smith refused to apologize, GLAAD did persuade him to make a $10,000 donation to the nonprofit Matthew Shepard Foundation.
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