Tropic Thunder – Robert Downey Jr. plays a black guy…?
Stiller, Downey Jr. and Black lead an ensemble cast in ‘Tropic Thunder,’ an action comedy about a group of self absorbed actors who set out to make the most expensive war film. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to stop shooting, leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they encounter real bad guys. Dozens protest at ‘Tropic Thunder’ premiere Story Highlights “Tropic Thunder” contains frequent use of disparaging term for mentally disabled Advocacy groups upset; one person called it “offensive from start to finish” Special Olympics chair calling for boycott Film stars Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr. as self-absorbed actors making film LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — “Tropic Thunder” is pushing the envelope too far for groups representing the mentally disabled. Dozens of people from organizations such as the Special Olympics and the American Association of People with Disabilities protested the movie-industry spoof across the street from the film’s Los Angeles premiere at Mann’s Bruin Theatre on Monday. The protesters held up signs with slogans such as “Call me by my name, not by my label” and chanted phrases like “Ban the movie, ban the word.” The groups are outraged over scenes featuring the liberal usage of a disparaging term used to describe the mentally disabled. In the movie, director and co-star Ben Stiller plays a fame-hungry actor cast in a war movie who previously had a role as a mentally …
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