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02-11-2007, 08:39 PM
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Yes, they are. They are both sisters of the fictitious sorority Delta Nu in the movie. I was talking about the book the movie is based on, where Elle is a DG and the fitness instructor is a Theta.
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Okay so the movie IS better than the book.
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02-12-2007, 11:34 AM
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it could always be claimed that they didn't mean "Alpha Tau Omega" if any copyright infringement issues ever came to a head.
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It wouldn't be copyright infringement. Putting a real institution, whether a GLO, a university, or a chain restaurant, into a fictional story the way we've discussed on the thread is fair use. They are famous parts of our world, and you're allowed to talk about them in your fiction.
In contexts where using the real name is not OK (like labeling a product), using a nickname won't help you. You can't call your publishing company "The UCLA Press" and then argue that it stands for the University of Candles at Los Alamos. We know what you meant.
Re Anne Rivers Siddons and main characters...the best friend in "Heartbreak Hotel" is called a Pi Beta Phi by name, even though she was certainly breaking all kinds of standards that would have been in place in Alabama in the 1950's.
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02-12-2007, 11:39 AM
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Re Anne Rivers Siddons and main characters...the best friend in "Heartbreak Hotel" is called a Pi Beta Phi by name, even though she was certainly breaking all kinds of standards that would have been in place in Alabama in the 1950's.
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Yeah, but ultimately she's presented in a positive light. I'm thinking of the nutjob from Outer Banks who tried to kill the other girls, LOL.
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02-12-2007, 11:42 AM
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I honestly think it's a case by case basis...in the case of Legally Blonde, SATC and the OC, even if it isn't the most flattering portrayal, they are shows college age women like and it gets their name recognized. On the other hand, if it was something like a crime show where the woman is a murderer, I think the producers just change it to avoid offending anyone. Witness the many "Hudson University" students on Law & Order.
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Yes - many of the ADAs mention that they went to Columbia, Abby went to Texas, but the crimes always occur at fictional Hudson.
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02-12-2007, 01:51 PM
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In "Brokeback Mountain" they refer to two of the women as a Kappa Phi and Tri-Delt.
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02-14-2007, 03:58 PM
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Paris Geller attended a Sigma Chi party last night on the Gilmore Girls.
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02-14-2007, 04:12 PM
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It wouldn't be copyright infringement. Putting a real institution, whether a GLO, a university, or a chain restaurant, into a fictional story the way we've discussed on the thread is fair use. They are famous parts of our world, and you're allowed to talk about them in your fiction. . . .
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What she said!
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On the show Coach, the main character had a Beta Theta Pi paddle hanging on his office wall in the opening credits. I can't remember if it was mentioned often in the show, or if he was a Beta in real life.
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Craig T. Nelson is not a Beta.
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02-14-2007, 04:32 PM
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Paris Geller attended a Sigma Chi party last night on the Gilmore Girls.
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I saw that and thought of this thread
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02-16-2007, 08:47 AM
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Lucy Lui (a Chi Omega alumn) was on "Ugly Betty" last night. The back story is that Daniel stood her up in college. He was supposed to take her to a Sigma Phi party.
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02-16-2007, 08:52 AM
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Witness the many "Hudson University" students on Law & Order.
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They had the TW episode on the other night.
My mom said "Aren't they missing a letter? Greeks are supposed to have 3 letters".
No, mom.
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06-08-2009, 01:49 PM
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Bump!
Apparently Anne Hathaway's character in Bride Wars is a Delta Gamma.
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06-08-2009, 10:31 PM
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Joyce Carol Oates (a Phi Mu) writes about several sororities in her books. In fact one of her books is about a girl who joins a sorority. Off hand I know she has mentioned Tri Delta, Chi Omega, and Kappa Alpha Theta.
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06-08-2009, 10:45 PM
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Apparently Anne Hathaway's character in Bride Wars is a Delta Gamma.
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Yeppers. Just saw the movie a few weeks ago. Though, it's only mentioned once at the very beginning. I got the impression, though, that both girls were members. Being that they had been BFFs since they were knee high to a grasshopper.
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06-10-2009, 02:30 PM
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I don't know if this fits the thread topic, but I saw a low budget hood movie called "Lunatic" which was more or less a ghetto Friday the 13th. Well, one of the campers was wearing a Kappa Alpha Psi fishing hat.
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