tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post9131351370088980758..comments2024-03-10T07:42:17.071-04:00Comments on The Film Doctor: Tropic Thunder, Apocalypse Now, and the debate over who’s offending whomThe Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-89825341913812959082008-08-26T17:26:00.000-04:002008-08-26T17:26:00.000-04:00Robert Downey Jr. cracks me up... he's got a knack...Robert Downey Jr. cracks me up... he's got a knack for not taking himself too seriouslyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-84057314990992521022008-08-21T18:14:00.000-04:002008-08-21T18:14:00.000-04:00Tropic Thunder left me split between responding ae...Tropic Thunder left me split between responding aesthetically and politically. I mostly liked it due to the many references to Vietnam war movies, but I can see why it could be offensive for those sensitive to the general tendency to mock the mentally disabled. Perhaps Ben Stiller assumed that his audience would respond in a more sophisticated way than your average gross-out humor merits.The Film Doctor https://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-65937547586337510032008-08-21T17:16:00.000-04:002008-08-21T17:16:00.000-04:00I have yet to see it, but I hear a ton of controve...I have yet to see it, but I hear a ton of controversy over it like you mention. I don't think I would be offended, only because there is nothing in the movie that I could relate it. Perhaps if there was, I'm sure I would be pissed off too. Give it a few months, it should pass over. Remember passion of the christ?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05269769473818269211noreply@blogger.com