RDJ does blackface

How the fuck was that 10 years ago

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It was a different time

>>87161374
b/c 10 years ago isn't today
more importantly: it's mocking actors who take themselves too seriously, not mocking black people

you knew this, it's been discussed over and over again
you shitposted despite this
you are a faggot

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>>87161374
It's already over. Peoples' attention spans and memories are short.

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>>87161395
Time flies when your having fun

I never realized that wasn't a black guy

They didn't get away with it. They did it specifically to spark controversy. It sparked controversy. They made money as a result of the controversy.

>>87161374
Jamie Foxx just talked about it with Joe Rogan. Basically he said black people were cool with it because he did such a good job.

>>87161555
But the identity politics of 2017 didn't exist when this came out.

Honestly hilarious he was academy award nominated for this.

>>87161555
It wasn't controversial when it came out, everyone thought it was hilarious. He even got nominated for an Oscar and might have won, but that was also the year that Heath Ledge won for the Joker.

>>87161634
I know you're under 18 anon, but blackface has been a huge taboo for 50 years.

>>87161843
I'm black. no one cared.

>>87161843
the taboo was the joke

>>87161843
He got nominated for an academy award. No one cared about him being black.

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>>87161395
>>87161534
When you're old and at the retirement home you're gonna be asking yourself the same question, and you will realize for the 80th time that time flies too fast.

>>87161893
Oh, I see, you're
>LE BASED BLACK MAN XD

http://www.theroot.com/and-the-blackface-oscar-goes-to-1790868842

>>87161374
People were too busy focusing/protesting on them using the word "retard"

>>87161374
Dont get me wrong Im all for it but even I dont know how they got away with such a raunch move

>>87161736
>It wasn't controversial when it came out
>https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2008/sep/22/tropicthunder.benstiller
>http://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-harvey-rescuers/on-dinghies-and-jet-skis-volunteer-flotilla-comes-to-houstons-rescue-idUSKCN1BC3S0
I know this doesn't fit with you retarded degeneracy-narrative but it was controversial.

>>87162017
They were complaining about Ben Stiller's retard performance. RDJ literally got nominated for a fucking Oscar and everyone thought his performance was comedy gold.

I don't know why you posted that second link, Hurricane Harvey is no laughing matter.

I saw this at the theater with my dad when I was 16 or so. While in line some guy and a girl looked back at me and said that's sad.

>>87162011
>>87161374
Him being in black face was a joke that was part of the plot.
>why do they give the one good black role to Crocodile Dundee
>What do YOU mean you people?
>you think black people talk like that?
>etc
It was the fact that he was a white huh playing a black guy in the plot of the movie that made it work. If his portrayal was overtly offensive it would have backfired but it was mostly reserved unless it was for a joke.

>>87162017
This is why threads like these are always 200% fucking gay. These fags never seem to realize that the very reason identity politics related issues seem so prominent to them is that they probably spend most of their time in spheres of information that heavily slant towards discussing such things.

Plus, the reason that things seemed "So much better" in the past or whatever is that most people aren't as cognizant of the things transpiring around them when they're young. Of course you're not going to have noticed political controversies as much when you were twelve years old.

These threads are just dumb manufactured outrage with a side of le nostalgia circlejerking

>>87161989
he has a good point I never thought of -- it would've been fucked up for RDJ to win for an ironic "black" role over an actual black guy in that year.

but his point wasn't a mainstream one then, is the point

>>87161395
>there are people who can post on this board who were 8 when this came out and they're probably in this thread
Really toasts your almonds

Yes, everything was better before twitter.

>>87162170
I was fucking 20 with this movie came out, I remember very well what was going on in the world politically at the time. No one fucking gave a shit, everyone thought it was hilarious. It was part of the plot that he's stealing black roles from black actors, he got nominated for an Oscar for Christ's sake. There was more controversy over the line 'you never go full retard' than there was RDJ doing blackface.

RDJ gets away with it because it was a critique on black face and because he's the homie.

>>87162164
even if its done as a joke blackface usually gets canned pretty hard bro

why do people like tropic thunder
it got boring like 30 min in

>>87162196

I was 15. I thought it was the funniest shit ever. I tried rewatching it a few months ago and couldn't finish it. not because of "offensive" portrayals, but over how fucking stupid the humor was. ben stiller can't even convincingly portray a hammy actor on purpose.

>>87162245
that depends on the joke

>>87162229
>>87162238

these

>>87161374
His character doing blackface was part of the bit. That was the joke. RDJ wasn't doing blackface, he was playing a guy doing blackface. What's your point?

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>>87161395
>mfw

it came out the same decade Raimi's Spider-Man. it was a different time.

Hi. Reddit here. We love quoting this character. We love black culture.

>>87161893
>FUCKIN' BASED!!!! XD

>>87162383
>>87161989

what's this meme?

>>87162459
It's an old meme called autism

>>87161534
Time also flies when you're miserable.

>>87162382
Embarrassing

>>87161374
He's done movies outside of Iron Man?

>>87161374

this is nothing compared to Tom Cruise playing the immoral shady and very obviously Jewish producer

>>87161374
RJD has been to prison so he's an honorary black, just like how Martha Stewart is now doing stuff with snoop dog. It's fine.

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turns out if you're likeable enough and you don't have hostile intentions you can do blackface like rdj or say nigger like louis ck

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>>87161374
Because the (((SJW))) commies took over the media in the meantime.

>>87162238
This, if you're mentioned in a Cypress Hill song you automatically get special favors from the black community. Black people liked his portrayal the most.

>>87161374
Because it was so well done that he even fooled black people. The only thing that pissed people off was Simple Jack.

>>87161374
Not american here
Whats wrong with it?

>ITT: OP tries to create fake outrage and gets BTFO
wew. wished this happened more. this site would be a lot better.

>>87163124
I remember there being some controversy over him playing the lead in The Last Samurai, as though the title was referring to him personally and not the group he aided. I remember there was even a bit that mentioned it on the Chapelle Show.

>>87161395
Just did the math, it checks out

>>87161551
even quite a few black people didn't as well

>>87164740
>even a bit that mentioned it on the Chapelle Show
I'd pay good money to watch The Last Nigger On Earth, Starring Tom Hanks.