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Displaying all articles tagged:
Simple Jack
controversy telephone
Feb. 24, 2023
Ben Stiller Has Always Stood by
Tropic Thunder
Through its controversies around blackface and intellectual disability, he makes “no apologies.”
By
Jason P. Frank
apologies
Oct. 29, 2018
Olympian Shaun White Apologizes for
Tropic Thunder
Simple Jack Costume
“It was a last minute decision. It was the wrong one.”
By
Halle Kiefer
chat room
Aug. 12, 2008
‘Tropic Thunder’ Writer Justin Theroux on ‘Simple Jack,’ ‘Iron Man 2,’ and Stupid Actors
’There are plenty of actors who are brilliant people, and plenty who should not be allowed on talk shows.’
apropos of nothing
Aug. 11, 2008
Can Angry Disabled Groups Help ‘The Dark Knight’ Stay Alive at the Box Office?
Disability groups are calling for a boycott of ‘Tropic Thunder’ over its use of the word ‘retard.’ Watch out, ‘Titanic’!
countdown
Aug. 5, 2008
‘Tropic Thunder’ Abandoning ‘Simple Jack’?
Once upon a time … there was an offensive marketing campaign.