buzzsugar.com - 8/12/2008
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According to the New York Times , the upcoming Ben Stiller comedy Tropic Thunder will be boycotted by "a coalition of disabilities groups" who object to what they say is "the movie’s open ridicule of the intellectually disabled."
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A particular sore point has been the film's repeated use of the term "retard" in referring to a character, Simple Jack, who is played ...
Retards do not enjoy your Hollywood film —
Blog of Hilarity
If there’s one special interest group I’d hope would have a sense of humor about themselves it’d be the retarded. They took a break from eating crayons and disappointing their parents to demand a poorly-spelled boycott of the the new film Tropic Thunder (primarily based around Ben Stiller’s character’s portrayal of a retard in the faux film Simple Jack ). Note: ...
Tropic Thunder Boycott Brewing Over Simple Jack Parody —
Film Junk
Some people just can’t take a joke. Then again, some jokes just aren’t funny. Ben Stiller’s upcoming comedy Tropic Thunder recently came under fire for one of its many viral promotions, a fake movie called Simple Jack, which is supposed to be a drama in which Ben Stiller’s character, actor Tug Speedman, plays a mentally [...]
Disability rights groups plan boycott of “Tropic Thunder” industry parody —
Cele|bitchy
Tropic Thunder , a comedy out this week that parodies the movie industry, has drawn criticism from disability rights groups over the repeated use of the word “retard” to refer to a character played by Ben Stiller. Stiller plays an actor trying to get an Oscar by playing a mentally handicapped guy named “simple Jack.” This has mightily offended disability rights ...
En Stiller Screens New Film For Disability Groups. —
Entertainment - Female First
En Stiller Screens New Film For Disability Groups.... Ben Stiller has agreed to screen his new movie Tropic Thunder for disability-advocacy groups, after sparking outrage for his portrayal of a mentally handicapped man in the film. Stiller's character, an actor, takes on the role of Simple Jack in the movie, who is referred to in marketing material as a "retard".
DreamWorks Goes 'No Retard,' Yanks 'Simple Jack' Site [Disabilities] —
Gawker: defamer
Well, that was fast: Mere days after first drawing attention on a disability issues blog (and eventually going under magnifying glasses at the NY Times and here at Defamer HQ ), DreamWorks's mock Web site for Simple Jack is gone . The site had been part of the studio's complex interweaving of Tropic Thunder tie-ins, with its "Once upon a time... there was a retard" tagline tipping the story ...
Ben Stiller’s movie in disability fight —
In Case You Didn't Know
Ben Stiller’s portrayal of a mentally handicapped man in new movie Tropic Thunder has provoked anger from disability groups.
Stiller’s character, an actor, takes on the role of Simple Jack in the movie, who is referred to in marketing material as a “retard”.
The description and portrayal prompted a number of organizations to protest to bosses at studio ...
‘Tropic Thunder’ Abandoning ‘Simple Jack’? —
Vulture
Courtesy of DreamWorks
Disability-issues blogger Patricia Bauer reported this weekend that DreamWorks has agreed to meet with advocates about their concerns over Tropic Thunder and its subplot in which actor Tug Speedman (Ben Stiller) makes a blatant Oscar move in the form of Simple Jack , a movie in which he plays a bucktoothed dolt. We tend to read the subplot as a fairly funny take on I ...
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