[kj] (Very OT) Bruno - Autism

[sade1]

> ..just a tad - just a tad! - overblown. 


 
Hm, just a tad, after having seen it, anyway.
I totally agree with your main paragraph there. I did laugh my ass off throughout the film from that point on, though it seems Ben Stiller is losing his edge.  Zoolander 2, anyone?


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From: B. Oliver Sheppard <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>
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I'd just like to say the Tropic Thunder controversy is just a tad - just a tad! - overblown. 
 
The person who makes the "going full retard" comment, etc., in tropic Thunder is doing so in a way that makes you know his opinion is extremely idiotic, and not the opinion someone who is admirable, etc., would have. I watched Tropic Thunder expecting this really nasty dig at mentally handicapped folks and what I saw were some thoroughly unlikable people acting like idiots. Anyone who takes their cues from these folks really doesn't have a clue. They were exhibiting thoroughly unlikable attitudes. They were also pretty macho, sexist, and just generally dumb. 
 
Having said that, the whole movie was also disappointing in just a plain old cinematic sense. I wanted to like the film - but didn't. 
 
-Oliver 
 
 
sade1 wrote: 

> What happened? Any chance he pulled a "Tropic Thunder"? 

> (where the joke was on those look down on offensive people). 

> > /(you can send it off-list so as not to spoil the film for others..)/ 

> 

 
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