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

[Goldie]

Ben Stiller isn’t sorry about “Tropic Thunder.”

The 2008 film has drawn criticism for its portrayal of disability, as well as for the fact that Robert Downey Jr. wore blackface in it.

Stiller, 57, responded to a tweet that asked him to “please stop apologizing for doing this movie.”

“It was and still is funny AF … Even funnier now with cancel culture the way it is. It’s a MOVIE. Ya’ll [sic] can just get over it. I was DYING laughing when I first saw it back in the day and so was everyone else,” the user wrote.

The actor responded that he’s “proud” of the action-comedy.

“I make no apologies for Tropic Thunder. Don’t know who told you that. It’s always been a controversial movie since … we opened. Proud of it and the work everyone did on it,” Stiller, who both starred in and directed the film, tweeted.

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

“I make no apologies for Tropic Thunder … Proud of it and the work everyone did on it,” Stiller tweeted.

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[Goldie]

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.

 

[Marc123]

Tropic Thunder is a classic

 

[Chi-Town B]

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.

These comic nerds gave RDJ a pass because he became Ironman

 

[Black_Samson]

Teddy Perkins was much more problematic but just as well done.

 

[Norrin_Radd]

One of my favorite comedies

 

[Suckio Andretti]

 

[Chicity]

I mean...the whole point was to be offensive and to poke fun at Hollywood and how it cast roles and puts stars on pettistools

And it was hilarious

 

[The Lonious Monk]

It was always a stupid complaint. Clearly, RDJ wasn't just putting on blackface to make fun of black people. The whole point was that the character was a white man who was insensitive to and didn't care about the ramifications of what he was doing. How else was RDJ supposed to play that character?

 

[Chicity]

It was always a stupid complaint. Clearly, RDJ wasn't just putting on blackface to make fun of black people. The whole point was that the character was a white man who was insensitive to and didn't care about the ramifications of what he was doing. How else was RDJ supposed to play that character?

It should have been a black woman, playing a white man, cosplaying as a black man

I'm thinking Queen Latifah

 

[Black_Samson]

It should have been a black woman, playing a white man, cosplaying as a black man

I'm thinking Queen Latifah

Nah Gabby Union

 

[Silverfoxx]

It should have been a black woman, playing a white man, cosplaying as a black man

I'm thinking Queen Latifah

But AP, was she disgusted as another dude?

 

[Chicity]

Nah Gabby Union

If they mad about RDJ online, Gabby would have them marching in the streets

 

[Chicity]

But AP, was she disgusted as another dude?

Who's AP?

 

[Dwayne]

I had no problem with the character because I understood what they was doing

 

[Dwayne]

Next up is White Chicks.

Watch

 

[Silverfoxx]

Who's AP?

I have no idea. My bad.

 

[SeaSnake]

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.

I never watched it not in protest or anything just never was intrigued to see it

 

[Goldie]

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

 

[oldman_Ghost!]

Context..context. makes everything easier to understand if you understood or allowed yourself to understand context.