it's still playing blackface for entertainment. "It was impossible to not have it be an offensive nightmare of a movie," Downey told Joe Rogan when he asked the actor about "Tropic Thunder" on a ...

A Tropic Thunder sequel is long overdue, but a spinoff with Tom Cruise seems more likely. The 2008 action-comedy was a ...

Sometimes, you just gotta go, ‘Yeah, I effed up.’ In my defense, ‘Tropic Thunder’ is about how wrong [blackface] is, so I take exception.” Jay Baruchel (from left), Brandon T.

Robert Downey Jr. took a major responsibility by saying yes to Ben Stiller’s Tropic Thunder, which became one of the most ...

Ben Stiller has been vocal in his defence of what is considered to be his most problematic movie yet, though he originally ...

Downey starred in “Tropic Thunder” as Kirk Lazarus, an Australian thespian who takes Method acting to an unethical extreme by donning Blackface (or undergoing “pigmentation alteration ...

Sometimes, you just gotta go, ‘Yeah, I effed up.’ In my defense, Tropic Thunder is about how wrong [blackface] is, so I take exception.” “When Ben called and said, ‘Hey, I’m doing this ...

Robert Downey Jr. has defended the ‘blackface’ that his character uses in the 2008 film Tropic Thunder, saying it “railed against tropes that were not right”. The 2008 comedy film was ...

Tropic Thunder seems to always stir up a new controversy on the internet in some way or another, but even 15 years after its release, creator Ben Stiller continues to stand by his infamous movie.

Tropic Thunder has come under fire in the 15 years since its release for its use of blackface, its portrayal of disabled people, and accusations of antisemitic themes. While it was protested at ...

Downey starred in "Tropic Thunder" as Kirk Lazarus, an Australian thespian who takes Method acting to an unethical extreme by donning Blackface (or undergoing "pigmentation alteration" surgery ...