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Robert Downey Jr. has long defended Tropic Thunder after receiving criticism for wearing blackface in the 2008 movie.⁠
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He said on Rob Lowe’s Literally! podcast: ⁠
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🗣️ "I was looking back at All in the Family, and they had a little disclaimer that they were running at the beginning of the show," h⁠
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"People should look it up, exactly what it is, because it is an antidote to this clickbait addiction to grievance that [people seem] to have with everything these days."⁠
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The All in the Family disclaimer, Variety reports, read: "The program you are about to see is All in the Family. It seeks to throw a humorous spotlight on our frailties, prejudices, and concerns.⁠
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"By making them a source of laughter, we hope to show — in a mature fashion — just how absurd they are."⁠
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"The language was saying, ‘Hey, this is the reason that we’re doing these things that, in a vacuum, you could pick apart and say are wrong and bad," Downey Jr. added.⁠
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"There used to be an understanding with an audience, and I’m not saying that the audience is no longer understanding — I’m saying that things have gotten very muddied.⁠
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"The spirit that [Ben] Stiller directed and cast and shot ‘Tropic Thunder’ in was, essentially, as a railing against all of these tropes that are not right and [that] had been perpetuated for too long."⁠
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Stiller has also previously defended the movie - saying he makes 'no apologies' and he was 'proud of it and the work everyone did on it'.⁠
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What're your thoughts on the movie? 🤔⁠
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#tropicthunder #robertdowneyjr #movies #benstiller #mcu⁠

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