News tagged with “simple jack”. Found:
4 tagged news reports.
Your Search Returned 4 tagged news reports
Controversy continues to surround Stiller movie
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility
Things changed when the language in a popular movie offended many individuals with intellectual disabilities. Whether it's language or action, negative portrayal of people with disabilities often opens the doors to prejudice and abuse. In the film "Tropic...
Tags: film, simple jack, cinema, Ben Stiller, tropic thunder
'Thunder' rumbles, stumbles in war-movie parody
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility I got excited earlier this week when I received an "urgent" mass e-mail sent to "America's film critics," which was taking issue with the new Ben Stiller war-movie satire, "Tropic Thunder," because it is allegedly offensive to people with mental disabilities.
Tags: film, special olympics, movies, tropic thunder, simple jack, los angeles, Ben Stiller, Hollywood, hollywood satirizing
"Tropic Thunder" Boycott for Ridicule of the Disabled
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 open ridicule of the intellectually disabled. The film,...
Tags: hollywood, los angeles, california, tropic thunder, movies, cinema, film, enertainment, celebrity, Ben Stiller, special olympics, coalition of disabilities, politics, lifestyle, spoof, simple jack, oscars, race, chip sullivan, dreamworks paramount, down syndrome
Groups Weigh Boycott of 'Tropic Thunder'
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The film, a movie industry spoof directed by Ben Stiller , is set for release Wednesday by Paramount Pictures and its DreamWorks “Not only might it happen, it will happen,” Timothy P. Shriver, chairman of the Special Olympics, said of the expected push...
Tags: film, movies, special olympics, Ben Stiller, tropic thunder, spoof, Simple Jack, war movies, Robert Downey, Jr., Tugg Speedman
Site Links
Site Topics
Contributions
- Report Your News
- Add your voice and contribute via your cellphone - check out how to Report News via Your Cellphone
- Blog Widget
- Widget for Blog Owner
