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Talking ''Simple Smack'' - A Brief Commentary On Tropic Thunder Controversy
Published 8/11/2008 at The IESB
In a wave of politically
correct foolishness (http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/va/20080810/121842511100.html), advocates for the disabled are taking aim at Tropic
Thunder, Ben Stiller's new comedy. In the film, Stiller portrays an actor who
plays a mentally challenged buffoon called 'Simple Jack'.
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