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ARC Protest of Movie: "Tropic Thunder"
08/08/08
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Posted on 08/08/2008 1:20:50 PM PDT by genefromjersey
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To: genefromjersey
Still gonna see it.
If you’re offending somebody, you’re doing something right.
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posted on
08/08/2008 1:23:19 PM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: genefromjersey
I think the film-within-a-film was intended to be a sendup of Sean Penn's performance in the cloying and patronizing
I Am Sam.
Robert Downey Jr.'s performance in the film is also highly controversial - albeit with regard to another community instead of the cognitively challenged.
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posted on
08/08/2008 1:24:47 PM PDT
by
wideawake
(Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
To: genefromjersey
...very negative portrayal of a person with intellectual disabilitiesYou mean... actors?
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posted on
08/08/2008 1:26:08 PM PDT
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: BibChr
You mean... actors? Heh, good one.
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posted on
08/08/2008 1:28:05 PM PDT
by
techcor
To: BibChr
You mean... actors? Heh, good one.
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posted on
08/08/2008 1:28:29 PM PDT
by
techcor
To: genefromjersey
So now we have “the R word.”
Sheeze.
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posted on
08/08/2008 1:29:45 PM PDT
by
JennysCool
(A man who served his country well vs. a walking Che poster. Is it really that tough a choice?)
To: techcor
That was my first double post in years. It wasn't my fault. The computer hiccuped.
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posted on
08/08/2008 1:29:49 PM PDT
by
techcor
To: genefromjersey
Retarded is now hate speech? What about tard?
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posted on
08/08/2008 1:30:41 PM PDT
by
mnehring
To: wideawake
Robert Downey Jr.'s performance in the film is also highly controversial - albeit with regard to another community instead of the cognitively challenged.
Uh, what?
LOL
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posted on
08/08/2008 1:30:42 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Voting Conservative isn't for the faint of heart.)
To: genefromjersey
Well, I for one would rather gouge out my eyes than watch another Ben Stiller “comedy”.
To: cripplecreek
Yea, apparently Robert Downy Jr. attempted to act.. it insulted actors.
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posted on
08/08/2008 1:31:47 PM PDT
by
mnehring
To: JennysCool
WTF is the R word...retarded?
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posted on
08/08/2008 1:31:59 PM PDT
by
Devilinbaggypants
(He who wishes to give little shouldn't ask for much.)
To: cripplecreek
I am going to take the short bus and see this movie.
To: techcor
That was my first double post in years. It wasn't my fault. The computer hiccuped.A nice 2 oz pour of this is guaranteed to cure hiccups. If the computer refuses to drink it, drink it yourself.
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posted on
08/08/2008 1:35:12 PM PDT
by
tx_eggman
(Privatizing profits and socializing losses is no way to run an economy)
To: EveningStar
ping for the tard ping list
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posted on
08/08/2008 1:35:25 PM PDT
by
mnehring
To: BurbankKarl
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posted on
08/08/2008 1:37:03 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Voting Conservative isn't for the faint of heart.)
To: genefromjersey
I hope they throw this group of whiners out of their office. I hope who ever coined the phrase above “the R word” feels like an “R word” when they realize that they could have said “retard” in reference to what was said without any risk of offending anyone.
What a load of trash. People should grow up. It's a comedy. Stiller's character is supposed to be an idiot for being in a movie that would have such a ludicrous promotional poster. The characters who use the term “retards” are idiots and that is displayed by the fact that they are using the word “retard” so much and so so derisively.
Further , all of the above being obvious, I hope this group feels bad for exploiting their children's needs in order to promote the group that is supposed to be looking out for their needs. They have no problem piggybacking on the fame of a movie that they are disparaging.
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posted on
08/08/2008 1:38:02 PM PDT
by
GulfBreeze
(Vote for John McCain along with Tom DeLay, John Cornyn and the majority of conservatives.)
To: genefromjersey
So wait a minute, let me see if I understand this.
The movie (actual) established that one character is a jerk by showing that he once appeared in a Forest Gump ripoff complete with stupid slogans and ARC thinks this is insulting the disabled?
They really should be paying attention to context.
To: tx_eggman
Sounds like a great idea!
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posted on
08/08/2008 1:39:48 PM PDT
by
techcor
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