Ben Stiller defends Robert Downey Jr. blackface in ‘Tropic Thunder’

[LexDiamond1995]

RJD got an Oscar nomination for this role. That should tell you all you need to know about Hollyweird

I didn't have a problem with it. And I remember the black character kept on checking him on the blackface. "What do YOU mean you people?"

 

[SeaSnake]

I mean I can understand the context and the meaning behind the shit but does not mean I have to like it. Disliking something isn’t always about lack of understanding. I think black peoples already knew what was up

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

I don’t remember hearing a single complaint from negroes when it dropped matter of fact ppl thought it was hilarious

 

[Dwayne]

As long as it's "funny" , black face is cool, got it.

That’s not what blackface is though

 

[PhenomTheMac]

We weren't the butt of the joke, he was. And that makes a big difference in the perception.

 

[SeaSnake]

I don’t remember hearing a single complaint from negroes when it dropped matter of fact ppl thought it was hilarious

Niggas wasn’t woke in 2008 or whenever this shit dropped

 

[SeaSnake]

We weren't the butt of the joke, he was. And that makes a big difference in the perception.

Yeeeeaaaa but we were what made it funny in the first place. Why he ain’t play Mexican?

Can you really put black face into context?

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

 

[Mister B. M. Ed.]

Movie came out in 2008. We really doing this 15 years later?

 

[oldman_Ghost!]

I don’t remember hearing a single complaint from negroes when it dropped matter of fact ppl thought it was hilarious

We weren't the butt of the joke, he was. And that makes a big difference in the perception.

I'm sayin'... must be a slow day for "fake uproar" today.

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

I'm sayin'... must be a slow day for "fake uproar" today.

It’s the times

 

[Chicity]

It also helps the make up was on point

 

[Revolver Ocelot]

I know I'm the only black person on earth that felt a way about it. Niggas pick and choose when shit like black face is offensive.

You not my nigga

And the fact that movie wasn't funny and overrated AF. Tom Cruises' 5 minutes was the best and most memorable parts of that movie.

 

[Suckio Andretti]

Y’all let Chicity write pettistools?

 

[PhenomTheMac]

Yeeeeaaaa but we were what made it funny in the first place. Why he ain’t play Mexican?

Can you really put black face into context?

Because they were parodying blackface and that's not a Mexican trope.

And yes you can put it in context.

 

[Infamous114]

Y’all let Chicity write pettistools?

I thought it was so butchered that he did it on purpose

 

[LexDiamond1995]

Same people criticizing RDJ for this be the same people that love Tarantino movies tho

 

[SeaSnake]

Y’all let Chicity write pettistools?

Lol ayo I ain’t even notice

 

[Chicity]

Same people criticizing RDJ for this be the same people that love Tarantino movies tho

@Goldie

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

It’s Ebonics