So how DID they get away with this?

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>>79161949
Same way based Roger got away with this


>it's a comedy

>>79161949

That's how satire works, RDJ's character was a bit of himself and Daniel Day Lewis a guy who go to the extreme for a role, and black test audiences loved it because RDJ sold the fuck out of it as well, it wasn't just OOGA BOOGA I'M BLACK NOW off and on the set he made that role.

"I know who I am. I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude." has never been more relevant.

cuz he head to toe legitimate

It was another time. Would never happen today.

>>79162073
but the minstrel shows were comedies too

>>79162073
>Mad Men is a comedy

https://youtu.be/aj7Znz_5NrA

>>79162280

The fact that this got made is just insane.

RDJ must be out of his fucking mind, in a good way.

probably because no one actually watched this movie

>>79162292
Agreed, it's ridiculous but really admirable how much he put into this role.

>>79162263
Not that anon, but like The Sopranos, Mad Men absolutely excelled at comedy as well as drama. While that moment had some dramatic implications, it was played for laughs too.

>>79161949
You can't hate RDJ, even when he's shilling for Hillary he's still so damned likeable.

Also it was a comedy, also 2008 was a pretty different time than 2016. Seriously in the 8 years under Obama the US went full SJW.

>>79162263
Madmen is not a comedy, but Roger, and this scene, were used as comic relief

>>79162310
Sopranos was actually comedy

>>79162335

Sopranos has better comedy than most shows that are devoted to comedy, it's amazing.

>>79162280
>i built the pyramids
Holy shit, he literally preadated WE WUZ KANGZ meme.

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>>79162330
I can't stand this smug manlet and his pathetic compensating.

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>>79162263

>>79162647
please tell me this is shopped

>>79162304
were you born after it came out?

this movies very well recieved

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Twitter snowflakes would be outraged. Personally I think it should happen more often, the stereotypes are hilarious both ways.

I think the craziest part was the Oscar nom

imagine an actor in blackface getting one now

was there much outrage at the time? I can't remember

>>79161949
Tropic Thunder came out in 2008, people could take a joke back then.

Strangely the racial divide and identity politics has gone to shit between now and then.

Wonder how that happened.

>>79162840
Social media giving morons the ability to voice their opinions more than ever.

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how did they get away with this?

>>79162836
>was there much outrage at the time? I can't remember

From what I remember black test audiences loved it and said RDJ did a great job, honestly the biggest controversy came not from the blackface but from the "never go full retard" line, people thought it was mean spirited and disrespectful to the mentally handicapped

>>79162875
it's not like any retards would understand unless some cruel normie is explaining it to them

>>79162875
that's retarded

>>79162840
Identity politics has deepened, rather than bridged divisions in society while also creating new ones (gender particularly).

>>79162840
Social media and 8 years of Obama's race baiting

>>79161949
If it came out today there would be articles upon articles of outrage and the movie studio would pull the movie and apologize because every company is scared to death of social media backlash these days

>>79162840
I remember there being some outrage over the use of the word 'retard'. Though back then no one cared about a few articles of people bitching since social media wasn't as big and couldn't blow it out of proportion

>>79161949
Bceause this was satiring white Hollywood actors, not black people. Hes not playing a black man, hes playing a white guy in black face. Did you even watch the movie?

>>79162074
This is true

>>79162105
Kek

>>79162280
>"Take the clip out."
>out of a pistol

Triggered.

because he's not unironically blackfacing, he's playing a guy who's blackfacing.

>>79162330
>>79162840
>>79162938

This. The only issue with Tropic thunder was the 'Simple Jack' portrayal.

>>79161949
you now remember the retarded little kid leader bullshit

>>79162875
god bless Tropic Thunder for giving us Full retard

>>79162074
He was supposed to be Russell Crowe you absolute idiot.