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Post by Ishmeal Loves Kaseyhausen on Aug 12, 2008 18:33:22 GMT -5
I was gonna boycott it because I hate Jack Black and Ben Stiller anyways.
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Post by THE Dinobot on Aug 12, 2008 18:34:59 GMT -5
I was gonna boycott it because I hate Jack Black and Ben Stiller anyways. But you love Jay Baruchel and Robert Downey Jr so you decided against it?
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Post by kitsunestar on Aug 12, 2008 18:37:16 GMT -5
The entire thing is stupid. I've heard of people getting mad at Downey Jr, but don't say crap when 2 black actors play stereotypical white female socialites in "White Chicks." I kinda want to see this movie tho. I wasn't OK with the Wayans' doing "White Chicks" either. It was ultra-creepy and godawful. And no, I'm really not comfortable with the idea of blackface.
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Post by The Ichi on Aug 12, 2008 18:37:45 GMT -5
I have no desire to see this movie myself, but this is pathetic.
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Post by The Line on Aug 12, 2008 18:42:16 GMT -5
The thing about RDJ playing fake black guy in the movie is that its supposed to be stupid, and it looks like he gets made fun of and whatnot in the movie for it.
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Post by respectmeordye3 on Aug 12, 2008 18:44:38 GMT -5
I don't see why anyone should be offended by it......White Chicks was the same exact thing but was made by black guys and that movie seemed to not get as much fla--oh wait, they are black-of course it's all right! the only time it is racist to portray a person of another race is if your a white guy-because as we all know there is no such thing as a racist black i.e. minority! Only white people are racist! every other race is perfect 100% !!!!!!!!!
At least that is what they are saying when they whine like little morons over something like this.......
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Post by Mr. Backlund on Aug 12, 2008 18:47:35 GMT -5
I don't see why anyone should be offended by it......White Chicks was the same exact thing but was made by black guys and that movie seemed to not get as much fla--oh wait, they are black-of course it's all right! the only time it is racist to portray a person of another race is if your a white guy-because as we all know there is no such thing as a racist black i.e. minority! Only white people are racist! every other race is perfect 100% !!!!!!!!! At least that is what they are saying when they whine like little morons over something like this....... Did you miss the part where no one was boycotting this because of the black face and, instead, being upset over the whole part with the mentally handicapped people?
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Post by Dynamite Kid on Aug 12, 2008 18:50:33 GMT -5
As someone with a mental disability, I choose to take the same liberal attitude to the R-word that black guys can with the N-word.
And as such, let me say...
This boycott is retarded.
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Post by Dynamite Kid on Aug 12, 2008 18:52:55 GMT -5
P.S. Isn't 'retard' actually a technical term anyway? Are we allowed to say 'negro' any more, cause that's a technical term, isn't it?
"I always thought the NAACP, and that's the National Assocation For The Advancement of Coloured People, should change the 'coloured people' part to 'African Americans,' but then they wouldn't be the NAACP any more, they'd be the N-quad-A, or NAAAA, which brings me back to my original point... do I think you're black? NAAAAAAAAAAHH!"
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Aug 12, 2008 18:57:38 GMT -5
It was actually the thought of Robert Downey Jr. in blackface that made me want to see the movie. I hope that doesn't make me seem racist, but that seems like such an over the top, not to be taken seriously concept that it looks hilarious.
As for the "retard" issue, I see a point of dislike for the word, but this is a movie meant to mock Hollywood, mock being the key word. It's not to be taken seriously.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Aug 12, 2008 19:04:02 GMT -5
From one mentally disabled person to another..............
SHUT THE F*** UP!!!!!
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Post by Bravo Echo November on Aug 12, 2008 21:29:28 GMT -5
To quote Slipknot: "People = Sh**".
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Post by Rorschach on Aug 12, 2008 21:57:46 GMT -5
It just speaks to a larger issue. The word retard means "to make slow, to delay the process of". Think flame retardant suit. Which leads me to my favorite example. The word niggardly is derived from an old norse word meaning "stingy" and has nothing to do with the term "niger," a latin word that meant "black" and got corrupted to be a racist word. So, instead of words meaning what they, well, mean, they now mean what people perceive them to be Throw the words "gay" and "queer" in there too...oh and for those who live across the pond "fag" means something totally different as well. Homosexuality sure has caused a lot of problems in the English language....but then again, it's not REALLY homosexuality that has cause the problems....it's confused and ignorant straight people who don't know how ELSE to address the issue that have corrupted those words and made them hateful slurs.
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Post by Michael Coello on Aug 12, 2008 22:17:54 GMT -5
So, they're angry that he used the word in a discussion about "not going full retard", or was there something else?
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Post by Rorschach on Aug 12, 2008 22:20:41 GMT -5
Incidentally, Devon, you just made me think of George Carlin's bit on "Euphemisms".
GREAT bit there.....he talks about how PC language and euphemisms have ruined the English language.
Sample: "....Nobody's stupid anymore, they have a learning disorder....."
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Post by Michael Coello on Aug 12, 2008 22:33:11 GMT -5
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Post by sryans on Aug 12, 2008 23:22:16 GMT -5
To quote Slipknot: "People = Sh**". Really? Really? Why does every thread descend into how much people suck? And besides Tom Hanks, who has won an Oscar for playing someone retarded?
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Aug 12, 2008 23:26:09 GMT -5
To quote Slipknot: "People = Sh**". Really? Really? Why does every thread descend into how much people suck? And besides Tom Hanks, who has won an Oscar for playing someone retarded? Sean Penn
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Aug 12, 2008 23:31:51 GMT -5
Really? Really? Why does every thread descend into how much people suck? And besides Tom Hanks, who has won an Oscar for playing someone retarded? Sean Penn Dustin Hoffman.
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Post by Virt McGirt on Aug 12, 2008 23:47:26 GMT -5
So...blackface is OK, but portraying an actor who failed to get an Oscar nod for playing a mentally disabled person (probably, I'm guessing, because he was a comic actor fishing for a nod) is not OK. Did Tom Hanks arrange this boycott? That's crazy, cuz that very same discussion (well close to it anyway) is actually in the movie, I can't recall the exact part, cuz I haven't seen it, but that was some of the stuff I read while waiting to get chastized for still having high blood sugar. (But that's a discussion for another day) Edit: And, that exact scene is what this whole things about. That's what I get for not reading before posting.
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