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I guess there was a huge legal fight that he eventually won through argument and opponent apathy, so as long as he doesn't let the character sit completely idle, he keeps the rights despite no longer giving a fuck either. It's utterly petty, and if I cared more about Dick Tracy I'd probably find it infuriating rather than hilarious.

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[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 26 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

no one is going to want to see an 87-year-old Dick Tracy

I think he knows that as well as anybody. That's why it's so delightfully stupid and petty.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 17 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (3 children)

I wouldn't be so sure he does. There's a good reason a lot of people suspect Carly Simon's You're So Vain was written about him.

[–] kjira@lemmy.today 18 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

It's beyond suspicion now. In 2015, Carly Simon said the second verse is about him. But to your point of his vanity:

Simon tells People, “I have confirmed that the second verse is Warren,” adding, “Warren thinks the whole thing is about him!”

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago

I hadn't read that before. That's great, I love it!

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

That song was clearly written about Jack Donaghy.

[–] otto@sh.itjust.works 5 points 21 hours ago
[–] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

He wrote the song according to his video recorded for his yet-unborn child.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

Riiiight!

So probably still about Beatty then.

[–] _NetNomad@fedia.io 5 points 21 hours ago

common misconception, actually that song is about me