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23 lut 2024 · Robert Downey Jr. isn't playing a Black character in Tropic Thunder — he's playing a white actor who decides to portray a Black American in the fictional war movie. Kirk Lazarus is clearly portrayed as white at the start of the movie, and the distinction matters.
15 sty 2024 · Robert Downey Jr has reinforced his support of his divisive Tropic Thunder role, in which he played a character who used blackface. The actor appeared in the 2008 war comedy, directed by...
22 sty 2020 · When Robert Downey Jr. first got the call about possibly starring in “Tropic Thunder,” the 2008 Hollywood parody helmed by actor-director Ben Stiller, the “Iron Man” lead was conflicted ...
12 sty 2024 · Actor Robert Downey Jr. is revisiting his Tropic Thunder role by addressing the controversy associated with the character. In the 2008 comedy, which was directed by Ben Stiller, Downey played a dedicated method actor who underwent surgery to have his skin dyed for his role as a Black man in a war film. In more recent years, there has been some ...
13 sty 2024 · Robert Downey Jr. defends Tropic Thunder's blackface depiction, arguing that the movie satirizes negative tropes and aims to challenge Hollywood's blasé treatment of underrepresented groups. Downey Jr. compares the movie to All in the Family, highlighting a disclaimer used in the show to explain its controversial content. He suggests that ...
17 sty 2020 · However, several months after Iron Man’s release, Downey was seen in the comedy Tropic Thunder, where he played Kirk Lazarus, an extremely method actor who underwent a “pigmentation alteration...
11 sie 2023 · Robert Downey Jr.'s controversial 'Tropic Thunder' performance turns 15. Here's everything you need to know about the ongoing debate over Downey's use of blackface in the 2008 comedy....
