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Have You Ever Boycotted a Movie?

PopSugar found this 8/12/2008 on buzzsugar.com

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." The article continues : 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 ...