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Entertainment & Sports

Jan. 8, 2000

Ally McBeal: Firm Handles Unique Suit of Color Bias

In this week's rerun of 'Ally McBeal,' Billy and Georgia Thomas represent a woman suing her former employer, claiming she was fired because her skin is orange.

By Samantha Paynter
        In this week's rerun, try as she may, Ally can't seem to ditch her disastrous blind date from the previous night, Ross Fitzsimmons. "Fitzy" just won't give up and go away despite Ally's blatant attempts to blow him off. Ally pretends she's dead. She even pretends she's a lesbian and kisses her secretary Elaine Vassal. Fitzy tells Ally, "you think you're the fi...

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