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The Riff: What's Up With That Tropic Thunder Controversy?
motherjones.com — The buzz about Robert Downey Jr.'s edgy portrayal of an over-eager actor putting on blackface for his part has me intrigued: how will he walk that high-wire?But the biggest controversy to emerge before the film's release turned out to be something else: its use of the term "retard."
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- TheKingInYellow, on 08/19/2008, -7/+71well, most people in my generation use the word "retard" for just about everything so i see nothing wrong with it's use in any context.
- expert01, on 08/20/2008, -7/+5I had a hard time believing he was the same person from Iron Man to Tropic Thunder, so I made a face collage!
http://www.imagebam.com/image/4f971f11554054
It has a shot of his face with the people he reminds me the most of.- deadmoo, on 08/20/2008, -0/+6That is retarded.
- WillyWonka, on 08/20/2008, -2/+1I think he looks more like http://www.discountautograph.com/images/RobSchnide ...
- nycmac247, on 08/20/2008, -8/+9Have you ever been around a retarded person? Don't know about you but afterwards it was difficult to use the word with humor. - just my 2 cents
- deadmoo, on 08/20/2008, -2/+13You refer to them as retarded?
- deadmoo, on 08/20/2008, -2/+11Yes, everything is either gay, retarded, or both.
- BoneStamp, on 08/20/2008, -2/+21I actually don't think there is anything wrong with this. I know it's not polite to call people this, but it is technically correct. In fact, I got in trouble for using the word "retarded" in a meeting once. I said "the data flow was being retarded by the router", which is a totally acceptable use of the word. Later, my co-worker was like, "that's offensive to people who are mentally challenged." I was like, "Retard means 'a slowing down or hindrance'... kind of like retarder brakes in a semi-truck. That's why they call mentally challenged people retarded, because their thinking is retarded (slowed down) by something in their brain." I called her retard for the rest of the day and she got really pissed!
- TheKingInYellow, on 08/20/2008, -0/+2there was an episode of CSI which used the word retarded (which uses your exact definition) where a rodeo cowboy rammed his pickup (complete with cow horns on the hood) into a cowhand with down syndrome. very emotional episode. gil shut him up real fast.
"your life just got retarded." - sickrubik, on 08/20/2008, -0/+1While I don't have a huge problem using the word... As was noted in your story, people attach it to the mentally handicapped. I thin that is true for MOST people, so when they use retarded, it's in "reference" to handicapped people. As was noted, it's perhaps moved on from there a bit, but that is still the root of it. Referring to something as bad as "retarded" (not how it is used in the context of this movie), or "gay". These are values we see in other people as bad.
- EmmanuelGoldstn, on 08/20/2008, -0/+5Hey, at least you didn't say the data flow was niggardly.
- TheKingInYellow, on 08/20/2008, -0/+2there was an episode of CSI which used the word retarded (which uses your exact definition) where a rodeo cowboy rammed his pickup (complete with cow horns on the hood) into a cowhand with down syndrome. very emotional episode. gil shut him up real fast.
- Herolint, on 08/20/2008, -0/+5@TheKingInYellow
I completely agree. I think people who get offended over every little thing, especially when it is intended as humor, need to grow a pair, slap on a cup, and stop being such nancies. - ElChapusero, on 08/20/2008, -2/+1that's precisely what is offensive, calling everything that's wrong either "gay" or "retarded". One has to be pretty thick-headed to completely ignore the fact that these terms are derogatory. Fun to say, but then again it was "fun" for whites to call black people ***** back in the day, wasn't it?
- expert01, on 08/20/2008, -7/+5I had a hard time believing he was the same person from Iron Man to Tropic Thunder, so I made a face collage!
- zombiecarlin, on 08/20/2008, -8/+98I don't hear the retards complaining, if they are then they aren't making any sense.
- ReidFleming, on 08/20/2008, -2/+11Well, they are complaining and there have been groups of the mentally-challenged making the rounds on the morning news shows. The problem is, unfortunately, that they seem to not understand *why* they shouldn't be offended. If you are pointing out the hypocrisy and shallowness of this Hollywood archetype, you must use the word and portray it. It is certainly sad that they *are* offended but it is specifically their handicap that prevents them from understanding that they shouldn't be.
The non-challenged offended are simply idiots (no offense to idiots). - andypop481, on 08/20/2008, -1/+24P-P-P-Please s-s-s-stop muh-muh-muh-making fun of me!
I'm gonna get buried if no one here has seen the movie. - diggit83, on 08/20/2008, -1/+7The movie was one of the funniest ive ever seen. Robert Downy JR was HYSTERICAL. If you can watch the movie and not get what they were going for with the retard bit, then you are probably a retard.
***** funny go watch it if you haven't. - Jektal, on 08/20/2008, -1/+3Some comic from Dave Attel's Insomniac Tour:
"...and if you're a retard and you're offended by that joke: You're not retarded!" - Ericdigital, on 08/20/2008, -0/+0Is this from the movie or something b/c this is quoted exactly from the source site.
- ATLien74, on 08/20/2008, -0/+3TIMMY!!!
- indubitably, on 08/20/2008, -1/+1carlos mencia? is that you?
- ReidFleming, on 08/20/2008, -2/+11Well, they are complaining and there have been groups of the mentally-challenged making the rounds on the morning news shows. The problem is, unfortunately, that they seem to not understand *why* they shouldn't be offended. If you are pointing out the hypocrisy and shallowness of this Hollywood archetype, you must use the word and portray it. It is certainly sad that they *are* offended but it is specifically their handicap that prevents them from understanding that they shouldn't be.
- daRoach, on 08/20/2008, -3/+77I think they're more upset that he went FULL retard.
- StealthyMong, on 08/20/2008, -1/+43you never go full retard
- TheUngod, on 08/20/2008, -0/+4Sometimes, in the heat of the moment, it's forgivable to go full retard
- Phylodome, on 08/20/2008, -24/+10***** you! Two of my friends died going full retard!
- ThrstForKnwldge, on 08/20/2008, -6/+4I lol'd a little but still had to bury you because I never liked that meme.
- seabass10, on 08/20/2008, -0/+10ask sean penn.
- longbraker, on 08/20/2008, -0/+6he went full retard, went home empty-handed.
- Chirp08, on 08/20/2008, -0/+3Like the dumbest ***** that ever lived
- jabberwolf, on 08/20/2008, -0/+2Um what about Di Caprio ? He went full retard.
Hell he was so new on the scene, I thought they DID get a retard for the character in
"what's eating Gilbert Grape"
- StealthyMong, on 08/20/2008, -1/+43you never go full retard
- ricker2005, on 08/20/2008, -20/+11This whole "controversy" is retarded. And queer.
- AmericanGunner, on 08/20/2008, -0/+2thats gay
- Abdax, on 08/20/2008, -0/+1Dugg for the Clerks reference.
- ricker2005, on 08/20/2008, -26/+4This whole "controversy" is retarded. And queer.
- theragu40, on 08/20/2008, -0/+10Trust me dude, it was just as dumb the second time around.
- Puffles, on 08/20/2008, -0/+3Actually, double posting makes anything dumber.
- shiftyroach, on 08/20/2008, -0/+1i thought it was just as retarded the second time around
- ricker2005, on 08/20/2008, -0/+0Sadly double posting ruined the quote. I was hoping there would be enough Clerks: The Animated Series fans around to counteract that. Guess not.
- theragu40, on 08/20/2008, -0/+10Trust me dude, it was just as dumb the second time around.
- YancyFryJr, on 08/20/2008, -5/+91Christ, get a sense of humor. In the context of the film, the word was used to mock Hollywood's obsession with actors portraying the "mentally handicapped" (or whatever the politically correct buzzword is these days), not to insult people.
The conversation in question was hilarious in the film, and people that get offended by this kind of ***** are obviously reaching. Why is everyone so God damn paranoid that everyone is out to insult them?- invinciblechunk, on 08/20/2008, -30/+1Because people ARE out to insult them? I dunno, but in an era when you have out-of-control kids going around on "raids" and ruining people's lives "because they can", you really wonder why some people see the insult in things? You can't have it both ways.
- ChuckIT, on 08/20/2008, -2/+21and you're comment doesn't make any sense.
- oldhick, on 08/20/2008, -0/+16No one is insulting retards. We're just insulting people who act retarded.
Now on a serious note, what are you talking about? Who got "raided" who's lives were ruined? - JustLoren, on 08/20/2008, -0/+7Just ask Leeroy how raids ruin lives.
- ChuckIT, on 08/20/2008, -1/+2damn it i sad you're instead of your - my bad. wasn't thinking when i typed my comment.
- destron, on 08/20/2008, -0/+4"Dude... that's so mentally handicapped..."
- sickrubik, on 08/20/2008, -3/+1Trying to point out that it's not meant to insult while throwing aside "buzzwords", seems a tad disingenuous.
It's better to educate than just to tell people to shut up.
- invinciblechunk, on 08/20/2008, -30/+1Because people ARE out to insult them? I dunno, but in an era when you have out-of-control kids going around on "raids" and ruining people's lives "because they can", you really wonder why some people see the insult in things? You can't have it both ways.
- btschul, on 08/20/2008, -3/+39Get the ***** over it. It's a comedy, they are poking fun, it's not mean spirited or anything. You have to be able to laugh stuff like that off.
- kyyled, on 08/20/2008, -1/+1Everyone should just sit down, have a can of Booty Sweat, and relax.
- Quetez23, on 08/20/2008, -2/+44 I find it funny we live in a world where "freespeech" is all fine and good until somebody says something that SOMEBODY will be offended by.
- Cirrius, on 08/20/2008, -2/+12Your use of all caps on a word is intolerable. From this point on I boycott all of your posts, and I will be very vocal to all of my important friends to also boycott this flagrant use of caps lock/shift held down. I know people. I have a voice and you can't stop it. There are people out there whose caps lock key is broken and they always have to type this way. Do you have any idea how much you are hurting them with your flagrant mockery? I've contacted the President of the BCLRGA (Broken Cap Locks Rights Group of America) with a copy of this post and he was "gravely offended", he came out of your post feeling assaulted and suffered the "humiliation" of "good and decent human beings" that share the BCL malady. This problem is real, the symptoms are real...
GOOD LORD I CAN GO ON ALL DAY MAKING UP THIS NONSENSE!
These guys have a fun job. - BoneStamp, on 08/20/2008, -0/+6If you're free to say what you want, then other people are free to say they're offended... it doesn't mean that one of you is right or wrong. I think in this case, it's a silly comedy and most people get that and they're not going to be offended, but some will and those people probably aren't the right audience for this movie anyway... so it doesn't matter.
- sickrubik, on 08/20/2008, -0/+3That's... kinda how free speech works. "Free Speech For Everyone ... Even the Douchebags"
The difference in what their argument is, is a protection from hate-speech. That of course is misguided in this context, but that is the complaint. Not that the word is "mean".
- Cirrius, on 08/20/2008, -2/+12Your use of all caps on a word is intolerable. From this point on I boycott all of your posts, and I will be very vocal to all of my important friends to also boycott this flagrant use of caps lock/shift held down. I know people. I have a voice and you can't stop it. There are people out there whose caps lock key is broken and they always have to type this way. Do you have any idea how much you are hurting them with your flagrant mockery? I've contacted the President of the BCLRGA (Broken Cap Locks Rights Group of America) with a copy of this post and he was "gravely offended", he came out of your post feeling assaulted and suffered the "humiliation" of "good and decent human beings" that share the BCL malady. This problem is real, the symptoms are real...
- Peck3277, on 08/20/2008, -9/+4Speaking of retards: http://religiousfreaks.com/2006/11/03/evolution-so ...
- robinthehood, on 08/20/2008, -2/+11cough. DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS. cough.
Now that was a movie that, were I a dirty, angry retard, I would be really angry about.- robdiggity, on 08/20/2008, -2/+1May I go to the bathroom?
- robdiggity, on 08/20/2008, -2/+1........
eh-thank you. - GreatSunJester, on 08/20/2008, -0/+1You got dugg down - someone did not see that movie!
- robdiggity, on 08/20/2008, -2/+1........
- robdiggity, on 08/20/2008, -2/+1May I go to the bathroom?
- GiJoeBob, on 08/20/2008, -2/+32Everyone seems so eager to be insulted and "oppressed" these days.
- babcat, on 08/20/2008, -2/+18Of course. Being oppressed, challenged, or a minority can get you all kinds of special benefits.
- Wonderama, on 08/20/2008, -0/+11Claiming offense or victimhood is a sure fire passive-aggressive way to gain advantage.
- bundwallah, on 08/20/2008, -2/+9Reminds me of a Monty Python skit. "Help Help..I'm being oppressed!!"
- Tochi, on 08/20/2008, -1/+6"Oh! Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Help! Help! I'm being repressed!"
- Wonderama, on 08/20/2008, -0/+1"Bloody peasant!" (smack!)
- loneBoat, on 08/20/2008, -1/+5By saying that _everyone_ seems so eager to be insulted, you are making a statement about me. I am offended about that. You are oppressing the entire human race, of which I am a member.
- GiJoeBob, on 08/20/2008, -0/+2Well then, being a human as well I am oppressing myself as well so it kinda equals out.
- espowari, on 08/20/2008, -7/+4So it is ok to make a serious movie about being retarded or disabled, but not a comedy. Give me a break...and a Bust a Nut please.
- PhilMoskowitz, on 08/20/2008, -1/+8No, you can't have a controversy. Not yours.
- welliwonder, on 08/20/2008, -2/+6What buzz? It's an old joke. Stop spamming your ***** movie assholes.
- orlyfactor, on 08/20/2008, -7/+8Get a sense of humor, retards! If *someone* *somewhere* is not offended, it's usually not funny. If you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at?
- sickrubik, on 08/20/2008, -0/+3Is that you, Carlos Mencia?
- briLo, on 08/20/2008, -21/+5The movie is garbage anyways.
- babcat, on 08/20/2008, -2/+9I don't care to see this movie, but the only reason I want to see it is because the politically correct nutcases do not want me to.
- GraveyBrains, on 08/20/2008, -0/+2Don't see it for the nutcases. Don't see it for the retards. Don't even see it for Robert Downey Jr. in blackface.
See it for the Tom Cruise!
Seriously. I didn't even know he was IN the movie, but he still made me laugh so hard I wet myself in the theater.
- GraveyBrains, on 08/20/2008, -0/+2Don't see it for the nutcases. Don't see it for the retards. Don't even see it for Robert Downey Jr. in blackface.
- MaynardKx, on 08/20/2008, -5/+3It doesn't matter anyway. It's difficult, if not impossible, to read the protest placards through those Pete Rose haircuts.
- sickrubik, on 08/20/2008, -0/+2Aaaand that is why people are touchy.
- mrowlinson, on 08/20/2008, -3/+5what is going on here?! next thing you know they'll want my generation to stop calling everything gay!!!
- Gauthic, on 08/20/2008, -0/+3Too late.
From: http://www.newsaskew.com/va5/new.shtml
"GLADD
(Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) GLADD began it's media campaign and boycott of the film in late July, claiming Smith used defamatory slurs against homosexuals. Smith posted a lengthy, passionately written retort on the View Askew Website (www.viewaskew.com). The bottom line, according to Smith? "Neither 'Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back' nor myself are homophobic," wrote Smith, who says his own brother is gay. "F---, if anything, we're overly gay-friendly." For proof, check out Smith's film "Chasing Amy," a decidedly pro-gay film. "
Note, this is only one line & scene where the female jewel thieves were doing their hand signals to each other to stay quiet and Justice (the female protagonist) thought they were overdoing it a bit and said, "You are so gay" (or something along those lines).
Everyone's gotta be offended by something. - AmericanGunner, on 08/20/2008, -1/+2thats gay
- Gauthic, on 08/20/2008, -0/+3Too late.
- Nicksname1, on 08/20/2008, -3/+2Damn Google Cached the new simplejackmovie.com site after they took it down.
Anyone find a cache site of http://www.simplejackmovie.com ? - cambob76, on 08/20/2008, -4/+20There is no controversy as long as you don't go "full retard". If you do go "full retard", there's no going back!
Seriously though, the whole theatre was laughing it's ass off because of Ben Stiller's character's portrayal of a 'retard' (much more than because he played an actor trying to get an Oscar by playing a 'retard'). They use the term 'retard' which, in my parts, is NOT a nice way of saying mentally handicapped. I don't think it was at all a sensitive portrayal of the mentally handicapped, yet I was laughing my ass off too. Bottom line, I think most people are guilty of finding 'inappropriate' things funny but know when to take things seriously... so get over it you retard.
And the whole black thing? ***** HILARIOUS! Stop being so bloody sensitive!- robdiggity, on 08/20/2008, -0/+7HUH?!? Whutchoo mean, "most people?"
- JSager, on 08/20/2008, -0/+5What do YOU mean, "most people?"
- robdiggity, on 08/20/2008, -0/+2HUH?!?
- Chirp08, on 08/20/2008, -0/+1My favorite part of Downey Jr. playing the black guy is how ridiculous and hilarious he thought it was himself, there were a few times where he'd say something and have the biggest grin on his face and they left that in the movie.
- robdiggity, on 08/20/2008, -0/+7HUH?!? Whutchoo mean, "most people?"
- thegrantman, on 08/20/2008, -6/+9Buried for trying to create controversy out of a non-issue.
- PDF84, on 08/20/2008, -3/+10"You never go full retard!!"
- sgxyay, on 08/20/2008, -0/+2Hey - that's a line from the movie, isn't it?
- marktastic, on 08/20/2008, -0/+1No, I think Einstein said it like way back in the pre-columbian era.
- sgxyay, on 08/20/2008, -0/+2Hey - that's a line from the movie, isn't it?
- WiretapStudios, on 08/20/2008, -2/+9My girlfriend works with mentally handicapped people and uses the word retarded AND would think it's funny in the movie. Some people just have too much free time and project their own insecurities onto the handicapped or whatever other cause (animals / abortions / troubled mimes ).
- charm803, on 08/20/2008, -0/+3You know, it was the people who defend "retards" and their rights that are complaining.
I thought these kids were mentally handicapped, but by protesting, they are basically saying that yes, those kids are retards.- WiretapStudios, on 08/20/2008, -0/+7There are a lot of battles to fight for the handicapped. This isn't one of them.
- charm803, on 08/20/2008, -0/+3You know, it was the people who defend "retards" and their rights that are complaining.
- wizbor, on 08/20/2008, -4/+13This thread is retarded
- BXRWXR, on 08/20/2008, -5/+18Let's get retarded,
let's get retarded in here. - i4ybrid, on 08/20/2008, -0/+2Actually my friend said to me they'd probably get sued about the retard thing after we watched the movie.
I think the reason they didn't get sued about the black Robert Downey Jr. story gets explained at the end of the movie.- StanleyKoolPrik, on 08/20/2008, -1/+6You can't be sued for being offensive in America, you retard.
- fulibs, on 08/20/2008, -5/+7Do retards take offense to being called a retard? I mean, do they really even know what the word means?
- GeorgeStone2, on 08/20/2008, -3/+8They do, but they forget 2 seconds later.
In a way they're a lot like goldfish. - ElChapusero, on 08/20/2008, -0/+1No. Retards are emotionless zombies that don't go watch movies. There's only like one or two of them, not thousands or even millions.
- GeorgeStone2, on 08/20/2008, -3/+8They do, but they forget 2 seconds later.
- fndavid, on 08/20/2008, -5/+6***** political correctness. These people need thicker skin.
- Todesengelvr6, on 08/20/2008, -0/+2You OD'd *****!
- bjs3171, on 08/20/2008, -3/+3i'm guessing he'll walk that high wire by saying "***** you it's funny."
and then walking away.
but people really do need to be more sensitive in their speech. i hate it when people call things that don't go their way "gay". I call things that don't go my way "homosexual", because that word is less offensive.- charm803, on 08/20/2008, -0/+1Did you know the original meaning of the word "gay" meant "happy"?
Words and their meanings change.
- charm803, on 08/20/2008, -0/+1Did you know the original meaning of the word "gay" meant "happy"?
- bills534, on 08/20/2008, -1/+7FTA: "I'm not here to defend the term; on the contrary, it gives me a twitch just to type it."
That guy is retarded for twitching when he types retard- ace429k, on 08/20/2008, -0/+1its true, I seen it!
- benihime, on 08/20/2008, -1/+4Ok they really need to get over it. Any one remember The Ringer? People just need something to occupy their dull and meek lives. Its ok to to portray a "mentally challanged" person in movies but you can't say the word. ugh people and their stupid political correctednes
- ace429k, on 08/20/2008, -0/+2that movie was much worse! lol, the only reason tropic thunder is a big deal is that it's much bigger than the ringer.
- ATLien74, on 08/20/2008, -0/+1Slingblade anyone?
- FUR10N, on 08/20/2008, -5/+4when are these retards going to grow the ***** up.
- ThrstForKnwldge, on 08/20/2008, -5/+4Bunch of overly sensitive retarded babies. Grow a ***** spine.
- coolflea216, on 08/20/2008, -6/+5Retards are funny.
- hellsing47, on 08/20/2008, -1/+21"You don't call retarded people retards. It's bad taste. You call your friends retards when they are acting retarded."
-Michael Scott - Gamer2k4, on 08/20/2008, -1/+8Who cares? I don't say "a person with athletic abilities"; I say "an athlete". Likewise, I don't say "a person with mental retardation"; I say "a retard".
"Oh, but Gamer! The word "retard" sounds so derogatory!"
That's because it IS derogatory. It's not a GOOD thing to be mentally challenged. And if you really want disabled people (that's a whole new can of worms: the ridiculous "disabled people" vs "people with disabilities" distinction) to be treated the same as other people, then don't use different terms to describe them. They're just as human as anyone else? Good, then treat them that way. Call an athlete an athlete and a retard a retard. - charm803, on 08/20/2008, -0/+2Of all the cuss words we use on prime tv, they get insulted over the word "retard" on a movie.
I thought they wanted to be treated like everybody else?
Well, guess what? People make fun of everyone else on a daily basis. Go ask Paris Hilton.
That's why we live in a free market, if you don't like it, DON'T watch it! - frenchi, on 08/20/2008, -4/+2retards... they never know when to shut up
- charm803, on 08/20/2008, -0/+4Did anyone watch "Step Brothers" with Will Farell?
He used the word retard in there and no one complained.
I think that they did this on purpose to get more publicity.- exformation, on 08/20/2008, -0/+3or to downplay the fact Downey was in blackface
- amigabill, on 08/20/2008, -0/+021 (The MIT + blackjack movie) used the word retard as well, but I never heard anyone complain about that either.
- dafragsta, on 08/20/2008, -1/+6politically correctness is a cancer on society. Moreover, it's far more divisive with it's sense of entitlement with regard to indignation at politically incorrect things. ***** political correctness. I'm surprised people demand it. The very nature of being politically correct is somewhat condescending and drawing attention to the differences that separate people in the first place.
- Herolint, on 08/20/2008, -0/+4People don't demand it. It's just a handful of retarded monorchids who hold this kind of gay point of view.
- jacefive, on 08/20/2008, -9/+3despite the 'retard' and black-face stuff, this movie was really, really bad. Anyone?
- FieldAnonymouse, on 08/20/2008, -1/+2So, the greatest comedies (read highest grossing) of this generation are typically about obviously retarded characters doing obviously retarded things, but the moment someone actually calls one of them a retard, the line has been crossed?
Of course I hate the typical modern comedy anyway, so ***** if I care. I'll take Monty Python and Three Stooges over most modern crap.- amorrise, on 08/20/2008, -0/+1Give me the Marx Brothers any day.
- ace429k, on 08/20/2008, -0/+2i thought the movie was funny. and this guys article reads like a 12 year old's English paper.
- AsusMobo, on 08/20/2008, -2/+4I ***** hate people who find everything offensive.
- else7en, on 08/20/2008, -0/+1Dictionary:
retarded
(rĭ-tär'dĭd) pronunciation
adj.
1. Often Offensive. Affected with mental retardation.
2. Occurring or developing later than desired or expected; delayed.
Thesaurus: retarded
adjective
Having only a limited ability to learn and understand: backward, dull, simple, simple-minded, slow, slow-witted. Informal soft. Offensive feeble-minded, half-witted, weak-minded. See ability/inability.
- else7en, on 08/20/2008, -0/+1Dictionary:
- AmericanGunner, on 08/20/2008, -2/+9Oh but they can make 'White Girls' and well give them $50 million guilty dollars because we feel obligated to laugh or were racist.
- Herolint, on 08/20/2008, -0/+7No, if you laughed at "White Girls" you aren't a racist, you're retarded.
- AmericanGunner, on 08/20/2008, -0/+3Touche.
- amorrise, on 08/20/2008, -0/+1I love being able to make fun of my own race and the fact that I'm overweight.
- Herolint, on 08/20/2008, -0/+7No, if you laughed at "White Girls" you aren't a racist, you're retarded.
- towjam, on 08/20/2008, -1/+6you ma-ma-ma-make me happy
- oxymorgan, on 08/20/2008, -2/+3this movie is totally hilarious. The fact that they had the balls to even do this whole "retard" thing deserves a medal. Although Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Cruise are the best thing in the world, the retard bits where very funny too.
- amorrise, on 08/20/2008, -0/+2Did you just call Tom Cruise "the best thing in the world?"
- Godpigeon, on 08/20/2008, -0/+0It helps that the character played by Tom Cruise was almost a spoof of himself.
At least the public image a lot of us have of him.
- Godpigeon, on 08/20/2008, -0/+0It helps that the character played by Tom Cruise was almost a spoof of himself.
- amorrise, on 08/20/2008, -0/+2Did you just call Tom Cruise "the best thing in the world?"
- scot333, on 08/20/2008, -3/+1lets make a movie called "retard" starring jeff daniels.
- marktastic, on 08/20/2008, -0/+2You mean like "Retard and Retardeder" ?
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