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Jewish World Review March 4, 2005 / 23 Adar I, 5765 Jacko says TV look-alike did it By Andy Borowitz
New Defense Strategy Stuns Courtroom
"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury," said Thomas Mesereau, Jr., Mr. Jackson's defense attorney, "today I will prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the guilty man is not my client, but rather that guy on E! who looks a lot like him."
As observers in the Santa Maria, California courtroom gasped, Mr. Mesereau showed two enlarged photographs of Mr. Jackson and his E! counterpart and asked Mr. Jackson's accuser if he could tell the two men apart.
Across the country, look-alikes of prominent legal experts called Mr. Mesereau's bold strategy a courtroom masterstroke.
"When he brought out those photos of Michael Jackson and his look-alike, that was a homerun for the defense," said Sheila Turco, a look-alike of Court TV's Nancy Grace.
If Mr. Mesereau's audacious strategy pays off, Mr. Jackson's trial may be quickly adjourned and a new trial involving his look-alike may commence.
In preparation for such an eventuality, E! said today that it would begin searching for what it called "a Michael Jackson look-alike" to portray the singer's look-alike in nightly trial reenactments.
According to one E! executive, "Right now, everyone's first choice to play the look-alike of Michael Jackson's look-alike would be Michael Jackson himself."
Elsewhere, the White House said it was investigating charges that prisoners at Guantanamo Bay were forced to watch the 77th annual Academy Awards.
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JWR Contributor Andy Borowitz, the first-ever recipient of the National Press Club's Award for Humor, is a former president of the Harvard Lampoon,and a regular humor columnist for Newsweek.com, The New Yorker, The New York Times and TV Guide. Recognized by Esquire magazine as one of the most powerful producers in television, he was the creator and producer of the hit TV series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and producer of the Oscar-nominated film Pleasantville.
© 2005 Andy Borowitz
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