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Ben Stiller Makes ‘No Apologies’ for Tropic Thunder, Says He’s ‘Proud’ of Film After It’s Slammed by Woke Mob
RNN ^ | 02-23-2023 | Jason DeWitt

Posted on 02/23/2023 1:32:08 PM PST by montag813

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To: HKMk23

Good movie.


21 posted on 02/23/2023 2:49:35 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Jim W N

The only way I’ve been able to conceive of why the word “woke” is used is to think of the pod people in “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” as “woke” versions of their victims. Ie. awoken to a new reality of compulsory conformity and shrieks at anyone still caught out as human.


22 posted on 02/23/2023 2:50:31 PM PST by katana
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To: montag813

But is he proud of letting Robert Downey Jr. steal the spotlight from him in his own movie?


23 posted on 02/23/2023 2:52:18 PM PST by x
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To: Karliner

Tangentially, Steve Coogan is also in “Hamlet 2,” another guilty pleasure flick of mine. Pam Brady, of South Park fame, was involved in that one.


24 posted on 02/23/2023 2:54:39 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: montag813
The movie was brilliant on so many levels.

Robert Downey in black face was actually mocking Russell Crowe, skewering him brilliantly.

Stiller is immensely talented. I remember when he hosted the MTV video awards, he directed a bunch of great parodies, including casting Bob Newhart as Braveheart. And this all Shatner parody of Seven:

William Shatner Parody SEVEN

25 posted on 02/23/2023 2:55:19 PM PST by dead (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_vFiUUcBkc)
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To: Jim W N

Woke means one has been awakened, by hard left proselytizing, to the “true’ state of the world .


26 posted on 02/23/2023 2:58:54 PM PST by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: montag813

Typical prog BS.

Can’t have fun, must bow and scrape in their presence, on and on.

F em and let them rot.

They are owed less than nothing.

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27 posted on 02/23/2023 3:13:30 PM PST by TLI (ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: teeman8r

Yes, his whole movie was amazing


28 posted on 02/23/2023 3:16:05 PM PST by Manuel OKelley
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To: katana

” awoken to a new reality of compulsory conformity”
Katana, that is an outstanding definition of woke!

May I quote it sometimes and acknowledge you as the writer?

My Best,
Ms.B


29 posted on 02/23/2023 3:16:10 PM PST by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history.)
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To: montag813

Never seen it.

Does he make fun of fags, or something?


30 posted on 02/23/2023 3:23:07 PM PST by doorgunner69 (Let's go Brandon)
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To: katana
Satan told Eve if she ate of the Tree of Self-Righteousness, her "eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil (Genesis 3:5).

But Satan is a liar. He tells half-truths. Her eyes were opened to self and she could live apart from God, sinning as she would choose and dying accordingly.

The grace and glory of God departed but God immediately announced their redemption planned from the foundation of the earth and God demonstrated that redemption plan symbolically by covering them both with bloody animal skins. (God was the first one to kill an animal.)

31 posted on 02/23/2023 4:04:34 PM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: blackdog

I know nothing about Topic Thunder. Is it good? What is it about?


32 posted on 02/23/2023 4:05:50 PM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Jim W N

It’s a spoof on all the Vietnam War movies Hollyweird produced. Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, Apocalypse Now, Jacob’s Ladder, etc.....making a fortune off of tragedy. Extremely awkward. Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Cruise deserve Oscar’s for their performances. Nick Nolte too.


33 posted on 02/23/2023 4:13:58 PM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) Forget "Global Warming", new grants are for "Galaxy Dimming")
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34 posted on 02/23/2023 4:19:34 PM PST by rollo tomasi
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To: dead
Robert Downey in black face was actually mocking Russell Crowe, skewering him brilliantly.

Can you explain this?? I never put it together. Why Russell Crowe?

35 posted on 02/23/2023 4:22:35 PM PST by DouglasKC
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To: Jim W N

“I know nothing about Topic Thunder. Is it good? What is it about?”

It’s okay, it’s one of those movies that once you’ve seen it you don’t really have to ever see it again except for comical highlights. Wiki has a page on I’m sure. Check it out.


36 posted on 02/23/2023 5:36:44 PM PST by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: LeonardFMason

Honest to god, I thought he was mocking Ron Howard .


37 posted on 02/23/2023 6:57:34 PM PST by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
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To: montag813

This guy is a lame actor.


38 posted on 02/23/2023 7:45:02 PM PST by Delta 21 (MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
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To: LeonardFMason

Honest to god, I thought he was mocking Ron Howard .


39 posted on 02/23/2023 7:51:52 PM PST by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
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