The Cinema #1 For 11/13/09: This May Not Be The Best Movie Idea

Some definitely will be split on this becoming a movie, that's for sure:

Oh, my guuudness! Jumping on the Tyler Perry train, Jamie Foxx and Martin Lawrence are set to star in a feature film based on outrageous female characters last seen on 'In Living Color' and 'Martin.'

Screen Gems has acquired Sheneneh and Wanda, a comic vehicle for Jamie Foxx and Martin Lawrence to star in.

The duo is set to play female characters they developed during their stand-up comedy days in the comic caper film. Foxx will write the script, and he and Martin will produce it together through Foxx's Foxxhole and Lawrence's Runteldat banners (production companies).

This whole idea is based on how everyone was so happy and laughing at this skit of these 90's TV characters at the BET Awards this past June.

I admit, I was part of the crowd that laughed and enjoyed this skit indeed, and originally DID wish that this was a potential movie.

But now that I seriously thing about this, do we need another film where a men dresses up as a women, especially if it is another case of a black man dressing up as black woman (or men dressing up as women)?

Via Makndal68 on Twitter, I was pointed to an interview David Chapelle gave on this thought on Oprah last year, and he makes strong points by taking about his experience:

They were funny in the 90's. But now with the changing in times, it seriously may wear out a lot of independent women out there

'm sure I would not apply the term "modern-day independent woman" to throwback parodies Sheneneh or Wanda. In fact, it's an insult. And where Foxx's Wanda used to throw me into hysterics and Wanda's "Heyyyyyy" was my go-to to get a laugh back in the day, I don't think an impoverished woman with a wandering eye is so funny anymore. And I can see Sheneneh's limited world view and not-so-smart life choices even if the male creator of her character doesn't perceive her that way.

It really is.