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By: LauraLS 
A coalition of disabilities groups is expected as early as Monday to call for a national boycott of the film “Tropic Thunder” because of what the groups consider the movie’s...
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- News Source: Androscoggin News | about 1 year agoTropic Thunder' is fun and clever by syracuse.com Friday August 15, 2008, 4:42 PM R-L: Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller, Brandon T. Jackson Joan Vadeboncoeur Review: The word "retard," the "f' words and the crotch grabbing by Jack Black's character are...
- News Source: The Financial Express | about 1 year agoSaid Baruchel, who, like Stiller and Downey in the film, portrays an actor caught in the middle of real paramilitary strife while filming a Vietnam War epic, �It rained 12 times a day. People were getting sick.� Added Jack Black: �A...
- News Source: Androscoggin News | about 1 year agoBen Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. will present the comedy "Tropic Thunder" at the San Sebastian Film Festival in September. The Stiller-helmed DreamWorks production is set to unspool as part of the official selection in an out of competition slot. "...
- News Source: Uinta County News | about 1 year agoas joined a nationwide protest against the "negative depiction of people with intellectual disabilities" in the movie "Tropic Thunder." The R-rated film, which opened this week, is described as a movie-industry spoof starring Ben Stiller, who also co-...
- News Source: WLS-TV 7 | about 1 year agoIllinois, Chicago Some people are protesting the new movie "Tropic Thunder" because of the film's use of a word they find offensive. On Friday in Chicago, advocates for people with disabilities rallied outside the AMC River East theater. They say all...
- News Source: Los Angeles Times | about 1 year agoPT, Aug 15 2008 in our paper today about how the nation's film critics have come to the defense of "Tropic Thunder," Ben Stiller's new Hollywood satire, which has been under attack from various advocacy groups of its frequent use of the word "retard."...
- News Source: International Business Times | about 1 year agoDowney is currently promoting his latest film, "Tropic Thunder,' a comedy skewering the movie industry from Dreamworks Studios. He had some reservations about the role when reading a script he received for the film. "I thought a couple things...And...
- News Source: Alternet | about 1 year agoBut protesting the contents of a comedy, that's a line I won't cross, or in this case I will cross...The protesters concern centers around the repeated use of the word "retarded" to describe the inept performance Ben Stiller's character, Tugg...
- News Source: Honolulu Advertiser | about 1 year agoThe movie, "Tropic Thunder" starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. will make its Kaua`i premiere today at Kukui Grove 4 Cinemas in Lihue. The motion picture was filmed almost entirely on Kaua`i and more than 300 local extras were...
- News Source: Christian Science Monitor | about 1 year agoOf course, Hollywood does a pretty good job of satirizing itself even when playing it straight. The premise behind "Tropic Thunder," which was directed and co-written by Ben Stiller, who also stars, is promising. A Vietnam war epic shot in Southeast...
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