Tropic Thunder Trailer - Robert Downey Jr as a Black Man

DreamWorks ^ | 03/18/2008 | None

[Chuzzlewit]

hmmm. I think the trailer is great. It looks very funny, but then again, we’ve been fooled by trailers before.

I’ll be waiting for this one.

[digger48]

What's the big deal??!! When Eddie Murphy played an old Jewish guy or Richard Simons he was showing his “comedic genius.”

Have you seen "Norbit"?

Mr Wong

Rasputia

[LetsRok]

From what I read, the premise of the movie is that these guys go over budget on their movie and can’t afford to hire actors. The writers end up playing all the parts themselves.

[elizabetty]

I will not go see this but I absolutely cannot wait to see Robert Downey, Jr in Iron Man this summer.

[Niteranger68]

Obama had a prior engagement.

[Niteranger68]

I just noticed...he looks like a strung-out Tiger Woods.

[Armedanddangerous]

Iron Man is one of the few movies Im looking forward to besides the new 007.

I like Iron Man because Tony Stark isnt necessarily a “good guy,” but he’s also not the baddest bad guy either.

[Long Island Pete]

[Long Island Pete]

What's the big deal??!! When Eddie Murphy played an old Jewish guy or Richard Simons he was showing his “comedic genius.”

Or Billy Crystal as Sammy Davis Jr.

[444Flyer]

Oh great, they just gave Rev. Wright another sermon.

[macamadamia]

Tony Stark
Makes you feel
He's a cool exec
With a heart of steel.
As Iron Man,
All jets ablaze,
He fights and smite'n
With repulsor rays!
A blaze of power!
Iron Man!
Amazing armor!
Iron Man!

[CIB-173RDABN]

From what I’ve seen, his character (a white man) undergoes this transformation. It’s not like they couldn’t find an available black man for the role. And if they chose a black man, they would have had to put him in white face to start the film. Would those same folks have complained then?Sheesh

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Watermelon Man - 1970, Godfrey Cambridge starst out as a white man and suddenly becomes black. It has been so long I do not remember if it was funny or not.

[theDentist]

When I first saw it, it was amusing. By today’s standards it’s be a disappointment.

[numberonepal]

When Eddie Murphy played an old Jewish guy or Richard Simons he was showing his “comedic genius.”

I'm a pony!

[CIB-173RDABN]

When I first saw it, it was amusing. By today’s standards it’s be a disappointment.

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That is true with many movies that I remember fondly yet when I rent them I wonder what was I thinking. I guess our sense of humor changes over time.

[af_vet_rr]

I actually think they cast the right guy for Iron Man, at least the Iron Man I remember from the '60s - Tony Stark just had a certain attitude about it.

That said, this could be an entertaining movie with the right crowd, but I'm iffy about Stiller.