ANNOUNCER
And now...Ben Stiller's Music News with Tabitha Soren!
SOREN
This is a special music video update. The censorship battle over rap star
Ice Man McGee's latest release is heating up. A Los Angeles man by the name of Doug
Szathkey is protesting Ice Man's new hit single, "Kill Doug Szathkey."
Mr. Szathkey, who happens to be Ice Man McGee's neighbor, claims the lyrics are disturbing
and potentially dangerous, and called for a nationwide boycott.
We have received a special advanced copy of the video...you decide...
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ICE MAN McGEE (rapping)
That's right, I said, kill Doug Szathkey. He makes me mad, G, frontin' on
my posse. Tellin' me to keep it down and all that. Just a suckah steppin' on my balzac.
Just a stupid neighbor complain'. Keep it up, I'll call the block association. The
one that meets at the end of my fist. Huh! Little doggies gonna get kissed.
Cuttin' up my lawn, and scatterin' his clippings. You think I don't know where
my yard begins? He lives on Springer Road, number 311. Sucker gets home every night
around 7.
Kill Doug Szathkey. That's right, I said, kill Doug Szathkey.
Peace.
CUT TO: Soren in studio.
SOREN
Mr. Szathkey granted us an exclusive interview at his home in Los Angeles.
CUT TO: Home of Doug Szathkey.
Signs saying "Unfair to Doug Szathkey" lie in the living room.
SZATHKEY
What did I do? I know he has a right to say anything, but I'm gonna get killed
here. I gotta move. This is not a good place for me to be right now. You should get
out of here too.
Automatic gunfire sounds.
SZATHKEY (cont'd)
Oh God! Leave me alone!
CUT TO: Soren in studio.
SOREN
Ice Man McGee held a press conference to respond to the charges.
CUT TO: Press Conference
Ice Man enters with his posse.
ICE MAN
It's like I'm saying, it's just censorship, straight up. I would like to make
it clear that when I said "Kill Doug Szathkey," I was using street terminology
to describe a situation from my life. When you misinterpret my words, all ya'all
dis me, you dis my fans, and you dis the United States Constitution. And that's a
real crime.
Peace, we outta here.
CUT TO: Soren in studio.
SOREN
McGee's record company has agreed to release the album with the following
warning label:
Warning: Manufacturer does not condone the killing or
in any way harming of Doug Szathkey, but instead wishes Doug a long, healthy and
fulfilling life.
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