2008’s Tropic Thunder featured Robert Downey Jr.’s using blackface, yet surprisingly this didn’t receive a major backlash or cause any real controversy. Tropic Thunder is the movie within the movie that goes very wrong.Director Ben Stiller plays Tugg Speedman, a very Jean Claude Van Damme-esque character who was typecast as an action hero and is struggling to transition into more dramatic roles.
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