In a Los Angeles protest, Timothy Shriver (right) chairman of the Special Olympics, one of the groups criticizing the movie ''Tropic Thunder'' for its pejorative use of the term ''retarded.''
(Matt Sayles/Associated Press)
Beverly Beckham
Not just crass, a word that hurts
In a Los Angeles protest, Timothy Shriver (right) chairman of the Special Olympics, one of the groups criticizing the movie ''Tropic Thunder'' for its pejorative use of the term ''retarded.''
(Matt Sayles/Associated Press)
First things first: "Tropic Thunder" is not an intentionally mean movie that denigrates the developmentally delayed. It is a comedy that pokes fun at Hollywood's preposterous and stereotypical portrayal of all the people Hollywood thinks it knows but doesn't. A big vulgar, way over-the-top film, it's a series of fun-house mirrors exaggerating the bloated egos of actors, producers, agents, and ... (Full article: 801 words)
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