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Tropic Thunder Trailer - Robert Downey Jr as a Black Man
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| 03/18/2008
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Posted on 03/19/2008 10:28:28 AM PDT by af_vet_rr
TropicThunder.com
Trailer at Yahoo Movies
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: hollywood; movies; robertdowneyjr
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I initially pictured this as just another in a long line of spoofs - Hot Shots, Airplane, Naked Gun, etc., and didn't think it'd be very good, but it has potential.
It's definitely going to be very politically incorrect. Robert Downey Jr even changes his accent in the movie to...well watch the end of the trailer and you'll see.
I expect he will catch hell for this, but it has potential to be funny.
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posted on
03/19/2008 10:28:30 AM PDT
by
af_vet_rr
To: af_vet_rr
I saw the trailer for this the other day and while I like Ben Stiller and relish watching Downey Jr playing a black guy, the movie just doesn’t seem like it’s going to be funny at all.
By that’s just my opinion.
To: af_vet_rr
He is an actor, isn’t he? Isn’t his job to play characters that he is not?
He’s not up there doing a George Kingfish Stevens or making a mockery of his character, by all reports.
So the PC crowd can go jam a lead pipe up their offramp.
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posted on
03/19/2008 10:31:38 AM PDT
by
AbeKrieger
(There is a special place in Hell for Lyndon Johnson.)
To: af_vet_rr
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posted on
03/19/2008 10:32:03 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Voting CONSERVATIVE in memory of 5 children killed by illegals 2/17/08 and 2/19/ 08)
To: af_vet_rr
How about Jack Black with the Blond Crewcut....
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posted on
03/19/2008 10:33:22 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
(" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
To: af_vet_rr
durr... man movie... cussin, violence... nookie killer... don't bring a date...
might I suggest a Jane Austen --> bonnet movie --> Pride and Predjudice... :o)
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posted on
03/19/2008 10:34:30 AM PDT
by
xtinct
(I was the next door neighbor kid's imaginary friend.)
To: Slapshot68
... and while I like Ben Stiller... ...the movie just doesn’t seem like it’s going to be funny at all.
I'm having trouble resolving those two statements.
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posted on
03/19/2008 10:35:56 AM PDT
by
gundog
(John McCain is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life.)
To: af_vet_rr
He and they are already catching quite a bit of flak.
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posted on
03/19/2008 10:37:31 AM PDT
by
doodad
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
03/19/2008 10:38:03 AM PDT
by
gundog
(John McCain is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life.)
To: AbeKrieger
If the Wayan’s brothers can dress up as “White Chicks” then the PC crowd has nothing to complain about. Downey Jr has to take on the part of the black character due to the movie being over budget. That is the premise of the movie.
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posted on
03/19/2008 10:38:13 AM PDT
by
LetsRok
To: gundog
“... and while I like Ben Stiller...
...the movie just doesn’t seem like it’s going to be funny at all.
I’m having trouble resolving those two statements.”
Ugh, not all of Ben’s movies have been funny...not his fault.
To: Slapshot68
The ones that suck are the reason I haven’t seen any that are alleged to be funny. I’d rather watch his parents.
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posted on
03/19/2008 10:39:56 AM PDT
by
gundog
(John McCain is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life.)
To: LetsRok
And couldn’t they have found a woman to play Dustin Hoffman’s role in “Tootsie”?
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posted on
03/19/2008 10:43:11 AM PDT
by
Bubba Ho-Tep
("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
To: All
What's the big deal??!! When Eddie Murphy played an old Jewish guy or Richard Simons he was showing his “comedic genius.”
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posted on
03/19/2008 10:44:08 AM PDT
by
4yearlurker
(So long Myron. Call the Steelers games from heaven.)
To: af_vet_rr
Wouldn’t it be funny if Obama actually turned out to be an out of work white actor in dark makeup, nose putty and a wig?
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posted on
03/19/2008 10:48:30 AM PDT
by
Argus
(Obama: All turban and no goats.)
To: af_vet_rr
the movie looks to be pretty funny -in a naked gun sort of way.
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posted on
03/19/2008 10:49:09 AM PDT
by
robomatik
((wine plug: renascentvineyards.com cabernet sauvignon, riesling, and merlot))
To: Argus
Why, that is just an Obamination.
To: af_vet_rr
To: Argus
If you are a fan of Al Jolson, you are automatically branded a racist.
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posted on
03/19/2008 10:58:05 AM PDT
by
AnnGora
(I am unique. Just like everybody else.)
To: LetsRok
From what I’ve seen, his character (a white man) undergoes this transformation. It’s not like they couldn’t find an available black man for the role. And if they chose a black man, they would have had to put him in white face to start the film. Would those same folks have complained then?Sheesh.
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posted on
03/19/2008 11:01:07 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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