Mr. Blade himself, the sometimes hawt Wesley Snipes, is on trial in Florida on criminal charges for tax fraud. Story here. It appears that his, ah, let’s call it “misguided,” assertion that he doesn’t owe tax on some $38 million is in some way related to his involvement in the Nuwaubianism movement. Now, I’m all for religious and spiritual toleration, but that is some crazy-ass stuff right there.
The degree to which Snipes buys into the crazy-ass-osity is illustrated by a document he filed in the tax matter, posted by The Smoking Gun and found here, with reference to his “lifebirth origin” and his West African descent, proven by DNA. West African descent is apparently important in the racist philosophies of convicted child molester Malachi York, founder of Nuwaubianism. As The Smoking Gun says, it’s all kinds of crazy!
Proof that even the wealthy can get a terminal case of the Deluded Stupids. I’m looking forward to off-the-wall hijinks in the trial, followed by a long jail sentence for friend Snipes.
The weirdness of Mr. Snipes has been out in the open for some time now. I’m quite convinced that the character played by Eddie Murphy in Bowfinger (i.e., the action-hero/nutjob movie star) was heavily based on him.