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TMC · 08-06-2014, 12:16 AM

http://lovecraftzine.com/2014/08/04/...ti-and-others/

Nic Pizzolatto is being accused of lifting passages from author Thomas Ligotti to use in Rust Cohle’s monologues.

TMC · 08-09-2014, 02:04 AM

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/...s_ligotti.html

“Nic Pizzolatto was not taking a test. He was writing a fictional TV show,” says Dave Haglund, who adds: "He created a character who thinks much like (author Thomas) Ligotti thinks, and he had that character express ideas similar to the ones that Ligotti expounded upon in a work of philosophy—albeit an unusual one…” PLUS: Talk of “True Detective’s” “women’s problem” enrages Pizzolatto.
Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle/2#SHXCROtBZW3h0h2z.99

08-06-2014, 12:16 AM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 126,096	Was “True Detective" plagiarized? http://lovecraftzine.com/2014/08/04/...ti-and-others/ Nic Pizzolatto is being accused of lifting passages from author Thomas Ligotti to use in Rust Cohle’s monologues.
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08-09-2014, 02:04 AM	#2
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 126,096	Why “True Detective's” creator did not plagiarize http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/...s_ligotti.html “Nic Pizzolatto was not taking a test. He was writing a fictional TV show,” says Dave Haglund, who adds: "He created a character who thinks much like (author Thomas) Ligotti thinks, and he had that character express ideas similar to the ones that Ligotti expounded upon in a work of philosophy—albeit an unusual one…” PLUS: Talk of “True Detective’s” “women’s problem” enrages Pizzolatto. Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle/2#SHXCROtBZW3h0h2z.99