So how DID they get away with this?

So how DID they get away with this?

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Same way based Roger got away with this


>it's a comedy

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.

but the minstrel shows were comedies too

>Mad Men is a comedy

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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

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

Not that user, 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.

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.

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

Sopranos was actually comedy

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

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

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

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please tell me this is shopped

were you born after it came out?

this movies very well recieved

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

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.

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

how did they get away with this?

>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

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

that's retarded

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

Social media and 8 years of Obama's race baiting

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

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

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?

This is true

Kek

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

Triggered.

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

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

you now remember the retarded little kid leader bullshit

god bless Tropic Thunder for giving us Full retard

He was supposed to be Russell Crowe you absolute idiot.