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gawker.com - 8/11/2008

The Inevitable Tropic Thunder Boycott is Here [Outrage To Order]

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Tropic Thunder , the hilarious-looking movie-in-a-movie that has so far failed to score a boycott for featuring Robert Downey Jr. in blackface or Tom Cruise as reportedly the most offensive Jewish stereotype since... Well, I don't find those very offensive, so don't ask me. Anywho, Ben Stiller's character is an actor who failed to get an Oscar nod for portraying a "retard" in the film ...

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Disability rights groups plan boycott of “Tropic Thunder” industry parody
Cele|bitchy — ... Ian Spiegelman over at Gawker reminds us that this is a send up of all the actors who play handicapped people, not a mockery of people with special needs. He says that their ire should be directed where it belongs - at producers and actors who portray mentally challenged people without a second thought. Spiegelman tries to explain their reasoning, “Because it’s fine for actors to cynically go bobbing for Academy apples every year by playing a special character, but it’s not okay for a comic actor to make fun of them for doing so.” ...