[kj] (Very OT) Bruno - Autism

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

Re: Tropic Thunder -- I thought the funniest part was the opening battle 
scene, the opening fake movie trailers, and the scene in the clearing of 
the forest where Ben Stiller was dangling the severed head in front of 
the others.

But the prolonged joke in it about TiVo with Matthew McConnaughey and 
some of the other stuff...it just got old and didn't click together, or 
something. Borat, otoh, was surprisingly funny and even kind of had a 
poignant social commentary to it if that gets anyone's rocks off.

The protest by some groups against Tropic Thunder was wayyyy overblown, 
sort of like some groups' protests against Clint Eastwood's _Million 
Dollar Baby_, which was actually an awesome movie. Some folks had a 
problem with Million Dollar Baby because in it [SPOILER ALERT!!!!!] 
Eastwood ends performing a euthanasia on a mentally disabled/handicapped 
woman. I watched the movie and was surprised that anyone had a problem 
with it. It was really touching, to me. I wanted to like Tropic Thunder, 
to the extent of buying a special edition of it on DVD before even 
watching it, but was disappointed. The "go full retard" comment is so 
not worth the protest it got.



Elana Mojica wrote:

> I thought Tropic Thunder was hysterical. Borat, hysterical, and I 

> can't WAIT to see Bruno. Yes, some of the things they say, are 

> offensive, but seriously, lighten the fuck up. (not you specifically 

> Nata, but society in general) 

>