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Hook-handed Vietnam veteran Staff Sergeant John "Four Leaf" Tayback's memoir Tropic Thunder is being made into a film. Except for supporting actor Kevin Sandusky, the cast — faded action hero Tugg Speedman, overbearing five-time Academy Award-winning Australian method actor Kirk Lazarus, closeted gay rapper Alpa Chino, and drug-addicted comedian Jeff Portnoy — all cause problems for the ...
Here's everything you need to know about the ongoing debate over Downey's use of blackface in the 2008 comedy.
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Also in 2008, Robert Downey Jr.'s character Kirk Lazarus appeared in brownface in the Ben Stiller-directed film Tropic Thunder. As with Trading Places, the intent was satire; specifically, blackface was ironically employed to humorously mock one of the many foibles of Hollywood rather than black people themselves.
Ben Stiller maintains his stance on his portrayal of a person with special needs in Tropic Thunder, following Shaun White’s controversial decision to dress up as the character for Halloween.
In the film Tropic Thunder (2008), characters Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller) and Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.) discuss the concept regarding Speedman's former role in the fictional film Simple Jack, in which Lazarus notes that "you never go full retard", contrasting the Oscar successes of Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man, 1988) and Tom Hanks (Forrest ...
Rachael Kirkconnell met Matt James during season 25 of The Bachelor and in the aftermath of the show, their relationship was full of ups and downs. While the 2021 season of the ABC series was ...