Tropic Thunder

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Originally Posted by the mongoose

So fucking funny!!!

Best comedy I've seen in years.....it's destined to be an instant cult classic. The people who are upset at this movie probably haven't even seen it themselves to judge.

The people who are upset about this movie don't need to see it themselves to understand the concepts they are upset about. First I'd like to point a few things out: 1. I have not seen this. 2. Boycotts are stupid. 3. I think jokes like this are lazy and definitely not deliberately mean.

Rick Peck [McConaughey], seems to have a child who is in some way disabled. In one scene the child stands beside his father, who’s talking on the phone and says, “At least you get to pick him,” referring to adoption.

As the uncle of a child with autism, and having known quite a few families with autistic children, I don't know what more they could get out of this movie by seeing it for themselves. Trust me when I say they are well aware of the perception of their children by people that have no association with the condition. Sure asking for a boycott is stupid but that doesn't mean they can't display their annoyance at it. To me, the jokes aren't there to be mean. Its just a result of lazy writing. "Retard will get a laugh, so I'll just hammer it home."

Knowing why these parents are upset should be a no-brainer. Put yourself in their position for even a few moments and you'll start to understand how jokes like that can come across as horrible horrible things. Imagine you have a child with autism, and he/she are shunned from school systems, called names, misunderstood, treated as second-class citizens and then think about the comment that McConaughey made above and tell me that isn't hurtful? And before y'all comment with what I know is coming (:P) comedy doesn't have to be "nice". Comedy can be nice, and comedy can be mean. But to just dismiss it as Sean or the mongoose have just done just emphasizes what parents of handicapped children have to deal with each and everyday.