Thread 213721152

I didn't know that was Robert Downy Jr.

>>213721152 (OP)
He was

I don't read the script. The script reads me.

>>213721152 (OP)
How was he allowed to get away with this?

>>213721152 (OP)
>Imma tag you back, best believe that

>>213722093

Because it was good.

>>213722763
To be fair he was playing an Irish actor or some shit playing a black guy. It was clever.

>>213721152 (OP)
It really is some of the best acting of all time, not exaggerating.
Name another character different from the actor themselves that was played this well.
Only Mickey Rooney has gotten close.

>>213722807
he was an australian actor

>>213722925
Whatever. Point is it comes off as less offensive when he's making fun of white people too.

>>213722925
Kill him

>>213721152 (OP)
I was kinda young when this came out and I didn't follow celebrities at all so I just thought it was an actual black guy.

>>213721152 (OP)
Go deeper down the rabbit hole

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4ubqCMsTo4

>>213722093
Because black people weren't the butt of the joke

The fact that in the movie, he was a actor doing a controversial role where a white guy was doing black face, starring Robert Downey Jr.
That was maybe the last time you could get away with acceptable black face

>>213723202
It was about the art, man. The craft

>>213721152 (OP)
Was Tropic Thunder the last kino comedy?

>>213721152 (OP)
he never looked African to me. Rather, some sort of a Papua \ Melanesian type. That makes sense if you realize those are closer related to the Europeans genetically than Africans.

>>213723895
No, it was The Other Guys

>>213721152 (OP)
One of the films i made sure to buy on disc before it inevitably gets banned

>>213724114
I just downloaded the mp4

>>213723972
How are Papuans closer to Europeans than Africans?

>>213723972
The fuck is Dave Chappelle doing there in the orange beanie?

>>213724243
Just wait until you see how distant Abos are to every other race.

>>213722093
3 reasons. No one really knew it was Downey till release. People and their faggot fragility wasn't at an all time high. And the movie was hilarious and varied enough that the black face was just seen as a wrist slap since it didn't pull any stereotypes or go out of its way for a trope.

It truly was lightning in a bottle and can't be copied again in our modern society. Same with movies like SuperBad. You couldnt replicate that if you tried in the modern era.

>>213724114
Makes me sad my copy got scratched up.

>>213724392
Kino Lorber did a nice 4k remaster, thats the one i got

>>213722093
>meta narrative (dude playing a dude) makes it a commentary on blackface rather than blackface for blackface’s sake.
>He did a very very good job so his performance had a halo effect on people’s perception of it
>It was 2009 so people felt that racism was solved thanks to Obama
>But 2009 was far back enough to still
be in the domain of “comedy can be offensive if it’s funny” cultural zeitgeist

I didn't know that was Tom Cruise. Blew my fucking mind.

>>213724243
>>213724313
Melanesians and Abos are actually closer to East Asians and Europeans than to Africans. Look it up.

>>213722093
Unironically It was a different time

>>213724531
I remember seeing it in theaters and turning over to my date in shock when the credits rolled.

>>213723895
that would be Black Dynamite
>>213724044
>Will Ferrell
no

>>213723972
>those are closer related to the Europeans genetically than Africans.
No.

>>213721152 (OP)
How many tomatoes would it be if this film was made today?

>>213721152 (OP)
Remember he was nominated for an Oscar for this role and could have won if they didn't give to Heath Ledger posthumously for The Dark Knight.

>>213726098
From getting fucked up in bushes daily to almost winning an award for the best modern trope of blackface in one of the best comedy movies ever made. What a wild fucking ride.

>>213726025
I think it would still be well received because every actor, even Jack Black, gave a solid performance.

>>213722093
The whole point of it was to lampoon the ridiculous things actors will do.

>>213726167
True. Every one in awhile I'll remember some dumb ass hilarious one liner
>"Here we go again...again"
>"Someone said they were close to me?"
>"omg you killed a hooker. Or get some Bleach and a shitload of lime"

>>213726249
>MTV Best Kiss Award winner Tobey Maguire
>I've been a bad, bad boy, father.

>>213726136
It's not blackface. That's not what blackface is, idiot.

>>213725552
yes that's exactly what that chart shows - the common ancestor between Europeans and abos is closer to us today timewise than a common ancestor between Africans and Europeans.

>>213721152 (OP)
Because trump had yet to break the internet. Only after he got elected did the Jews ramp up the cultural divide.

>>213722093
Because blackface was the joke, not blacks, and it was to make fun of method actors.

>>213724330
>No one really knew it was Downey till release.
Bullshit. It was making headlines and his name was in every trailer. He was all over the marketing.
>People and their faggot fragility wasn't at an all time high.
Very true. There were even black jokes in TV commercials. It didn't matter.
>the movie was hilarious and varied enough that the black face was just seen as a wrist slap since it didn't pull any stereotypes or go out of its way for a trope.
Also true. The character was white and a lot of it was jokes about him being a hardcore method actor.
But no, everybody knew RDJ was in blackface on release.

>>213722093
Nobody paid attention to twitter lunatics back then. The National Retard Association got more attention because they got mad about "never go full retard"

>>213724509
>a commentary on blackface
It was a commentary on this guy.

>>213726136
And he finally won it for Oppenheimer, of all movies, after 10+ years of Marvel slop.
The year he was nominated for Tropic Thunder was also the year he starred in Iron Man, they even joke about it at the Oscars, before giving it to another capeshit actor.

>>213726543
>Because blackface was the joke, not black
That was the case with every instance of it in 30 Rock and Always Sunny and those episodes get removed from some streaming services with extreme prejudice.

>>213722093
They hung da lampshade

>>213724044
>THERE GOES MY HERO

>>213724866
lol

>>213721152 (OP)
is this the most realistic blackface makeup to date? it kinda looks shockingly good

>>213722093
He consulted the NAACP and GLAAD and got approval beforehand.

What blew me away was finding out later that this was Tom cruise

>>213727765
how can you not tell?

>>213727775
I can now looking at this still image. But durring the movie I didn't notice

>>213726613
The MCU set him up for life, he can't possibly have regerts.

>>213722093
It's mocking the act, also it shows he's a racist and genuine negros call him out like "what do you mean you people"

>>213724044
The opening is very funny