Tue, Mar 11, 2003
Movie Short Makes Fun of Everybody
Since
1903, when the Wright brothers flew the world's first airplane,
both Ohio and North Carolina have taken credit for the famous
siblings. Ohio license plates boast "Birthplace of Aviation." North
Carolina plates proclaim "First in Flight."
Now visitors to the FlightHumor.org can watch a five-minute
comedy about the long-standing struggle over which state should
take credit for the Wright brothers.
Wrighting the Wrongs, created by writer-director Jim
Sutherland, follows one man's attempt to correct history one
license plate at a time. The film asks thought provoking questions
such as "If I go to Burger King, get a number 3 value meal to go
and eat it in my room, does that make my dorm the 'Home of the
Whopper?'" The film also suggests alternative North Carolina
slogans such as "First in Flying Ohio-Built Planes."
Wrighting the Wrongs won the "Best Film Made in North
Carolina" category at the Hi Mom Film Festival and a silver award
for comedy at the 2001 Atlantic City Film Festival.
"So far the reaction in both states has been really positive,"
said Sutherland. "But it's hard to tell for sure until they name a
street after me."
Sutherland, who grew up in Dayton and went to college in North
Carolina, says the Dayton-Wright brothers connection was drilled
into his head from an early age. "I won an essay contest in first
grade for writing 'I like Ohio because it's a nice place to live
and the Wright brothers are from there,'" said Sutherland.
When he arrived in North Carolina for college he realized that the
state was "full of North Carolina license plates."
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