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'Tropic Thunder' Trailer Doesn't Exactly Bury The Whole Robert Downey Jr. Blackface Subplot [Who Left The Fridge Open?]
Posted on March 18, 2008
You'd be forgiven if a visit to Tropic Thunder's website--where the trailer premiered today--led you to believe the movie featured billed stars STILLER and BLACK DOWNEY, as the preview ballsily features a good deal of Robert Downey Jr.'s white-Method-actor in blackface (and muttering stereotypical, The Jefferson's-theme-inspired dialogue in blackvoice). That said, there's lots to enjoy here, including the movie star archetypes that inhabit this Platoon-set-turned-real scenario--particularly Stiller's Action Guy, whose previous roles required him to deliver catchphrase, Who left the fridge o...
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