Q&A; Wayans Brothers

Keenen Ivory Wayans, below left, directed and wrote, with brothers Marlon and Shawn, White Chicks, opening this week.

You have spent a lot of time making fun of white chicks. Why did you want to be one?

Keenen: What we try to do with our comedy is stay with the pop culture. Right now there is nothing more in-your-face than, say, the Hilton sisters and that whole Hamptons world.

You wrote White Chicks together. Aren't you tired of one another by now?

Shawn: No, we're each other's best friends. Keenen: They've been my boys their whole lives....

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