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BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Protesters gather at Stiller film
news.bbc.co.uk - 8/12/2008
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Protesters gather at Stiller film
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The film's stars, Jack Black, Tom Cruise, Matthew McConaughey and Stiller were at the premiere

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FlickFilosopher.com:  have ‘Tropic Thunder’ protesters actually seen the movie?

Oh No They Didn't!:  whiny special interest groups continue to whine

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have ‘Tropic Thunder’ protesters actually seen the movie?
FlickFilosopher.com — The only possible explanation for their complete wrongheadedness here is that they haven’t: US groups that represent the disabled have protested at the premiere of Ben Stiller's new film, Tropic Thunder. Demonstrators who gathered outside the Mann Village Theatre, in Los Angeles, said the film "humiliates people with intellectual disabilities". What? The movie, quite clearly, does not do this, and it’s hard to imagine anyone honestly believing otherwise. Of course, it’s possible that the protesters do not honestly believe this and are merely taking advantage of the ...

whiny special interest groups continue to whine
Oh No They Didn't! — ... features Downey Jr as a white actor who changes his skin colour to play a black soldier. Jack Black, Tom Cruise and Matthew McConaughey also appear in the film. The film, also directed by Stiller, has recieved mixed reviews from critics. Variety's Todd McCarthy praised Downey Jr's "startling" comic turns, but said the film's antics were "pretty thin, redundant and one-note". David Ansen, in Newsweek, described it as "the funniest movie of the summer". Source@BBC Have people complained about RDJ being black yet?

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