It came to the African-American Books Examiner’s attention today that Stewart’s long-ago debunked story still circulates the web when she opened email this morning. She understands how people so easily believe Stewart’s tale. For one, it’s usually presented as a new story and this writer once bought the erroneous reports of a win herself. Next, people love a good David-beats-Goliath story. However, the Af-Am Examiner says, “Think on this Stewart story some more.”
Had Stewart, who claims the movies are based on her 1981 short story “The Third Eye,” actually won her case, considering how much money both The Matrix Trilogy and The Terminator earned, the victory story would have been all over the evening news, in major newspapers and on Oprah in 2005. Not only would that have happened, but Stewart would be well-known in creative communities. In addition, no matter her race, if it had been proven that she had ideas for two blockbusters series, she’d have been picked up by a studio, even if it was Tyler Perry’s studio or a Spike Lee Joint.