how did tropic thunder get away with blackface

[mr x]

I like when there are 5+ identical answers in a thread.

 

[h2o_proof]

like it or not, if you have an appreciation for performance art you can admit RDJ played the hell out of that role. He's playing a character (with an Australian accent) within a character (with an English accent) who's STUCK in character (as a black man). Maybe it was sensory overload for some of you guys

 

[Notorious 1 E.Y.E.]

- I don't read the script, script reads me

-What the hell does that even mean

-What you gettin at with the book, script, spit that shyt out man



That smile after he says that gets me every fukking time. I think RDJ just ad libbed that line, fukked up, was laughing at his mistake, and they kept it in.

Breh. That part of the movie has me floored every time

 

[hex]

- I don't read the script, script reads me

-What the hell does that even mean

-What you gettin at with the book, script, spit that shyt out man



That smile after he says that gets me every fukking time. I think RDJ just ad libbed that line, fukked up, was laughing at his mistake, and they kept it in.

I'm sure what you're saying is what happened, but in the context of the scene RDJ randomly smiling makes the character look like a lunatic.

Fred.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Because of the context homie. It was done to show how ignorant the practice was and how self absorbed actors often can be and how tone deaf hollywood can be. Plus you had a black guy there pointing out how racist it was the the only good black role in the movie went to a white guy. an australian at that. Come on @Blaze500 you're smarter than this

People have a hard time with satire. Hence why chapelle show ain't around. Some people only get things on a surface level. That movie did not make blackface cool it was showing the ridiculousness of it.

 

[WOAHMYGOODNESS]

Fred.

Yeah get him chuggin on alpha ass water

 

[WOAHMYGOODNESS]

Rdj was amazing in this character looking back

Ttopic thunder towed the line of parody perfectly with the social commentary

jow the only good Role for a black man go to a white guy from australia

nikkas tryna make fun of tropic thunder the same ones who were pissed about thoae Egypt movies that came out

 

[WOAHMYGOODNESS]

like it or not, if you have an appreciation for performance art you can admit RDJ played the hell out of that role. He's playing a character (with an Australian accent) within a character (with an English accent) who's STUCK in character (as a black man). Maybe it was sensory overload for some of you guys

That scene where he broke out if character when ben stiller and him near the end and he tipped his wig off was amazing

 

[dennis roadman]

Rdj was amazing in this character looking back

Ttopic thunder towed the line of parody perfectly with the social commentary

jow the only good Role for a black man go to a white guy from australia

nikkas tryna make fun of tropic thunder the same ones who were pissed about thoae Egypt movies that came out

nah the egypt movies starve darker skinned actors of big roles, tropic thunder is just hilarious

 

[Kemba]

Just about every line RDJ delivers in TT is fukking gold

(holds up director's severed head)"Ay! This mothafukkas dead!"

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

I can't front dude was funny af in that movie. I thought the movie was mostly wack but he was good in it.

 

[Kemba]

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

Gonna have to buy this movie again now lol

 

[ShoGun Of Harlem]

Idk why but "there was no cell phones in 69 I'm head to toe legit" was funny as fukk to me. When that movie came out nobody knew what to expect comedy wise. It got all the proper praise it deserved and Tom Cruise killed it in this movie.

 

[MooseMouthMthafuga]

Shyt had me

Then this happened




But then I went right back to.Only cracked one time.