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Malia Obama Accused Plagiarizing Indie
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Posted By: Dreadnought, 5/18/2025 10:32:52 PM

Former first daughter Malia Obama is being accused of stealing a portion of the Nike commercial she directed from an independent film that debuted in 2024. Natalie Jasmine Harris, the creator of the film titled Grace, says she is shocked by how similar Obama’s commercial is to a scene in her movie. Harris says that the scene in Obama’s commercial where two girls play pat-a-cake is nearly the same in style as the scene in her movie. “It’s not about the game. It’s about the cinematic tools used to depict it,” Harris told Business Insider. Harris notes that Obama’s commercial has framing and camera angles that seem to mimic her movie.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: franco 5/18/2025 10:53:18 PM (No. 1952226)
This *will* be a test of the degree of daddy's waning influence. Daddy was able to write he was born in Kenya in a book he "wrote" himself... and then demand that the world drink some Kool-Aid and accept he was born in Hawaii. Will daddy be able to dispense some personal Kool-Aid to Phil Knight such that he suddenly admits that -- his bad, but Barack's daughter's works were original? Inquiring minds want to know....
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Reply 2 - Posted by: WI Cynic 5/18/2025 11:11:03 PM (No. 1952233)
That apple didn't go far.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Californian 5/18/2025 11:38:08 PM (No. 1952242)
Steal a movie scene, steal the presidency of a country you weren't born in. Happens all the time, no big deal.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: MissNan 5/19/2025 12:29:29 AM (No. 1952253)
Unfortunately she looks like both of them.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: FJB 2022 23 24 5/19/2025 12:39:28 AM (No. 1952255)
Deception runs in the family, so no surprise here.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: anniebc 5/19/2025 12:59:51 AM (No. 1952260)
"She also accused Nike of going with Obama merely because of the Obama name, not because of Malia’s abilities and skills while ignoring people out there who do have those skills." Girl learned from the best, didn't she? Skill-less just like both her parents.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: konocti95 5/19/2025 2:20:30 AM (No. 1952273)
If Joey Biden had a daughter...
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Lawsy0 5/19/2025 2:56:19 AM (No. 1952278)
Oscar Wilde: “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness". Or not!
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Reply 9 - Posted by: 5 handicap 5/19/2025 5:30:39 AM (No. 1952280)
Don't tell me that you expected honesty and integrity from an Obama!
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Msquared112 5/19/2025 6:03:41 AM (No. 1952287)
What a family. Commie, a passive-aggressive ingrate, and now a plagiarist. I think I recall that Zero was a plagiarist as well.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Strike3 5/19/2025 6:54:42 AM (No. 1952314)
It seems that nobody in that family has a talent for writing or any kind of creativity, even the adopted children. Obie owes his fortune in book kickbacks to Bill Ayers.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: Jethro bo 5/19/2025 7:33:50 AM (No. 1952336)
This too shall pass. Remember how intolerable Chelsea waS prior to Trump's first win? Political winds drive the kids of leftist presidents, n to talent. Of course, if one wants the most Anti-DIE commercials, ever, then hire a leftist kid of a leftist president. This is the most ant-DIE commercial I have seen. Unless DIE stands for Division, intimidation and exclusion. If so, the this was the perfect DIE commercial.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: Encore 5/19/2025 8:43:20 AM (No. 1952369)
Annnnd…wake me up when something gets done about it.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: FJB 5/19/2025 8:52:55 AM (No. 1952371)
What'd we do to deserve that crowd?
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Reply 15 - Posted by: Son of Grady 5/19/2025 10:00:05 AM (No. 1952408)
"Just Steal It"
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Reply 16 - Posted by: DVC 5/19/2025 10:42:11 AM (No. 1952445)
Trashy, no talent people steal Ideas, things, anything and everything. Unsurprising.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: enemyofthestate 5/19/2025 12:02:16 PM (No. 1952497)
Her parentts are two of the most successful grifters, if not THE most successful, in American history. Would you expect their daughter to have any ethics?
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Reply 18 - Posted by: Mizz Fixxit 5/19/2025 1:33:50 PM (No. 1952546)
Has anyone seen this ad outside of the Breitbart article?
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Reply 19 - Posted by: 3XALADY 5/19/2025 6:14:22 PM (No. 1952667)
The Obamas, all of them, MUST have talent of some kind because Netflix paid them $60+ million for their creative talents.
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