Roasted by critics but surprisingly tenacious at the box office; White Chicks is the kind of comedy that thrives (well; maybe) on home video. Faint praise indeed; but it allows comedy fans an opportunity to cut the Wayans brothers (costars Marlon and Shawn; and director-cowriter Keenen Ivory) some slack and at least try to answer the obvious question; what were they thinking? For the sake of charity; let's ignore charges of reverse racism that plagued this would-be comedy about a pair of FBI agents (Marlon and Shawn) who go undercover as over-privileged white debutantes to thwart a kidnapping scheme; and let's allow that comedy--not social satire--is the Wayans' top priority. If you can get past the fart jokes; the freakishly unconvincing "white chick" makeup; seemingly endless gags about "white chicks" getting hit on by lusty black guys; and a plot that really doesn't matter at all; you just might find a laugh or two in the Wayans' attempt to understand women through a bit of friendly gender reversal. Tootsie it's not; but at least White Chicks offers more entertainment that Nicky and Paris Hilton; who partially inspired the story. Just ask yourself; which freak show do you prefer? --Jeff Shannon