Race row as actor Robert Downey Jr 'blacks up' for new film

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=528496&in_page_id=1773 ^ | 17:38pm on 7th March 2008

[Don W]

See new tag.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

"It’s the backlash by dumb blondes that will kill it."

Huh??? ;-)

[Bookwoman]

My thought exactly. How come Eddie Murphy gets to cross over and he doesn’t?

[peggybac]

I don’t care what color Downey is made up in, he is still one of the best actors that has come around in quite a long time.

[Kirkwood]

Should have used Ted Danson for the role. Whoopi says it is OK.

[KarinG1]

This has to be among the most ridiculous controversies ever invented. What’s next? Victim groups being offended when pasty white chicks like myself smoke some crack? I’m going to go steal a car to get my mind off of this.

[OldEagle]

"unrecognisble? Is that some pretentious faux-latin term or just a missssssspelling?"

Neither, it's English. As in Merry Old England doncha know?

[Dahoser]

My thought exactly. How come Eddie Murphy gets to cross over and he doesn’t?

Same reason rappers can use the N-word and call women hos with impunity.

[BenLurkin]

Silver Streak (Gene Wilder & Richard Pryor)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu1TZVX72Aw

The only funny scene in the movie!

[citizencon]

It’s make-believe, it’s Hollywood...
Michael Jackson is “make-believe” white...

[BenLurkin]

Clip from “Chaplin”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9kUzxCY1XI

[Lijahsbubbe]

The whole scene looks fake too. Looks like they filmed it along the highway, just down the street from the Kukui Grove mall in Kauai. After they were done for the day heck they could just dart across traffic and head for the Starbucks.

LOL, that's a good one!

[Lijahsbubbe]

“Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying”

That sounds kind of funny. If they had any good writers it could be a good one.

[Sudetenland]

That is the truth. And it is what makes his drug addiction problems so sad. He really is one of the best actors around.

[Sudetenland]

Some people are sooo provincial.

[endthematrix]

"I have seen White Chicks at least 50 times."

Bragger! lol

[Pylon]

There is kind of a trailer here http://www.tropicthunder.com/
One of the writers writes for King Of The Hill so there is hope.

[peggybac]

He’s clean and sober now and remarried. Good for him.

[bootless]

Oh,that’s good to hear. He really is an incredible actor. I hope he’s conquered his demons.

[streetpreacher]

What's the problem?