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"&lt;img alt=\"0425_tyler_perry_temptation_tmz\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/04/25/0425-tyler-perry-temptation-tmz-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tyler Perry&lt;/strong&gt;'s 'Temptation' has been called everything from \"beyond dumb\" to \"flamboyantly bad\" -- yet a small-time screenwriter is suing, claiming Perry jacked the universally panned script from him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's the classic Hollywood sob story ... a man from Gary, Ind., says Perry stole his idea for \"&lt;strong&gt;Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor&lt;/strong&gt;,\" which didn't wow critics, but did rake in $49 million.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the suit, &lt;strong&gt;William James&lt;/strong&gt; says the plot is similar to \"&lt;strong&gt;Lovers Kill&lt;/strong&gt;,\" which he wrote in 2009. The lawsuit is light on details ... it just says both films center on a married couple ... the wife is tempted by another man, and the affair ruins the marriage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apparently James hasn't seen \"Unfaithful\" ... \"Legends of the Fall\" ...&amp;#160; \"The English Patient\" -- need we go on? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But here's the best part: James doesn't even know for sure that Perry ever saw his screenplay -- in the suit, he claims he gave a copy to \"an associate\" of &lt;strong dir=\"ltr\" id=\"tinymce\" class=\"mceContentBody \" contenteditable=\"true\"&gt;Oprah Winfrey&lt;/strong&gt;, hoping it would make it to Perry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reps for Perry and Lionsgate ... the movie distributor, also named in the suit ... had no comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Madea&lt;/strong&gt; couldn't be reached, but we're hoping she'd say, \"Hellerrr!\" ... if she picked up our call."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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