How did he get away with it?
Have any other actors been able to pull off the black face?
How did he get away with it?
Blake Smith
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Joseph Allen
It's a tongue in cheek character not meant to be taken seriously, and it wasn't.
Now if he black-faced in a proper, serious toned movie, he'd get backlash.
Jeremiah Parker
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Nolan Myers
This. Also helps that he's an ultra lib in real life, and did a gay scene to open the movie.
Bentley Jenkins
He got away with it because it was part of the character and well acted, black test audiences actually praised RDJ's performance.
Probably the only controversy about this was the "never go full retard" quote because it was deemed offensive to the mentally retarded.
Mason Taylor
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Wyatt Sullivan
>him trying to play basketball
hue. Can't believe James Earl Jones was in that.
Nathan Flores
Robert Downey Jr. is Jewish.
We all know the Holocaust card trumps the Slave card.
Gavin Morales
>mother nature gave me natural camo at night
kek
Josiah Morgan
Black face or not this movie does not stand up at all. The extended cut is just more sausage-gut scenes and the only funny part of it is Nick Nolte (and they stole the hook hand gag from Happy Gilmore).
Probably held up the worst of any 00's comedy except for Zoolander.
Luke Nelson
>the "never go full retard" quote because it was deemed offensive to the mentally retarded.
How ironic.
Charles Robinson
>because it was deemed offensive to the mentally retarded
why? its not like they know whats going on
Wyatt Clark
Parents, caregivers etc would be offended. Do you get offended when someone calls your mom a cunt to your face? I bet you do. It's no different.
Grayson Wilson
>he's an ultra lib in real life
RDJ is a conservative
Josiah Harris
Did he really do it though or did they find a nigger lookalike?
Jason Perez
Just like clint eastwood right?
Cameron Evans
>It's no different.
well...
Gavin Green
It's a celebrity guest Harry Connick Jr. gets mad irate at Aussies for doing Jackson Five blackface episode
Charles Young
Is this a funpost? Because right now it's neck and neck with
Justin Foster
The intent of my comment isn't different but yes you're right.
Liam Perry
Because it was before social media grew into the cancer it has become.
Michael Ortiz
WTF I like RDJ now?
Caleb Myers
Because it was a commentary on how ridiculous actors can come across when they imitate other accents / races - especially through method acting.
Also, this movie is absolutely incredible.
Kayden Robinson
Wrong
It was a well-written film about acting / celebrity stereotypes and Hollywood ego
Jose Ross
He got away with it because he's a fucking nigger to begin with.
Juan Lewis
humor isn't your forte I see
Eli Carter
I wouldn't call it incredible.
The primary protagonist, gives the worst performance of anyone in the film and I wouldn't doubt that's because he wasn't known for the kind of actor he was supposed to be. The rest have some experience with the genre's they were meant to symbolize.
I would argue the best performance goes to tom cruise who was amazing. The makeup job was so well done too I had no idea who he even was till the credits.
Liam Turner
Australians get away with all types of crazy shit.
Joshua Clark
wtf I'm still loving this meme
Bentley Hernandez
Who was he?
Alexander Harris
He got away with it
youtu.be
Cameron Sanchez
Test
Alexander Phillips
>Who was he?
Les Grossman, a character he created.
Wyatt Nguyen
It's like the always sunny episode when Mac did black face. It's ok because it's not RDJ doing blackface, it's RDJ playing a character doing blackface
>you gotta make the lips funny
Gavin Price
Shit no way.
Bentley Cooper
I think it's because it's not exactly black face
you could mistake what they did in Tropic Thunder for a good tan on Downey
as opposed to say where it looks like they used shoe polish all over his face
the truth is that almost no one even considered what he did as blackface until they got home and saw the vocal minority talking about his "black face" character
Ryder Kelly
I wouldn't since that would be the reaction they wanted. Being triggered means you've already lost.
Kevin Torres
How is Clint Eastwood not a conservative?
Eli Cruz
He went to prison as a liberal and came out a conservative
Parker Garcia
He's more accurately a libertarian and is registered as such.
Nicholas Wright
>"I wouldn't say that I'm a Republican or a liberal or a Democrat."
DUDE WEED LMAO
Ian Garcia
Wasn't black face. He was actually black.