"He just keeps saying it." | Full Retard | Tropic Thunder (2008) Realtime Movie Reactions

[@motorcycleboy9000]

You have your well-deserved Oscar now, Mr. Downey, Jr.

[@gregfeasel5874]

He went full Oppenheimer though!

[@motorcycleboy9000]

​@@gregfeasel5874Everybody knows you never go full atomic.

[@WihGlah]

And you know what he didn't do?

[@andrewcrowder4958]

I’m glad he got it for playing Strauss rather than Lazarus.

[@hypnomagician]

In blackface no less.

[@MikeBronson515]

It’s very strange watching people get so uncomfortable at a word has been thrown around very casually, and frequently for the majority of my life

[@thezendruid]

Those people are just acting retarded

[@korganrocks3995]

Yeah, it's an interesting phenomenon.

[@EdilbertFernando]

pre-PC and post-PC

[@rafaelpozo9962]

I miss the old days

[@korganrocks3995]

@@rafaelpozo9962 I don't. Sure, some people overcorrect when it comes to this stuff, but it comes from a good place; namely realising that these terms we threw around thoughtlessly as kids actually apply to real people, who might not enjoy hearing it. These things always follow the same pattern: First some people recognise the problematic nature of something and go a bit overboard correcting it, then assholes and old people overreact to the overcorrection, and after a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth we arrive at a middleground that is more inclusive and compassionate than the starting point, but without the most ridiculous PC ideas that the group in question doesn't actually want(for example the whole latinx idea).

[@LordEriolTolkien]

It is to this day one of the funniest and truest lines in all movie history. Never Go Full Retard is words to live by

[@timh8324]

are words to live by

[@LordEriolTolkien]

@@timh8324 Yer already larnin', son

[@elwray3506]

In particular when spoken by a guy sort of blackfacing :)

[@rayantonioking]

​@@elwray3506don't be retarded

[@cheeseburger12]

Unfortunately, these days most people seem to be trying to go full retard.

[@robertschlemmer6032]

Honestly, Robert Downey Jr should've gotten an Oscar for this scene.🤣

[@Goldeneyes-qs9vj]

Well he was up against Heath Ledger as Joker that year so tough competition.

[@keithmays8076]

​@@Goldeneyes-qs9vjTrue. One went white faced. The other went black faced.

[@PV1230]

he was nominated for the movie.

[@bullpasha]

He went full rtard in this movie... The academy aint about that sht

[@CedricBassman]

@@bullpasha You right. The Academy is only about political correct Movies that are about gay black people facing the hardships of racism whilst being superior than them white folks they're oppressed by. If this Movie also is "based on a true story" you basically hit the Oscar Jackpot. Movies about (lesbian) women who face the oppression of Men, which are based on a True story are a close second tho. If the woman in question is also black and has to face racism on top of that, it overtakes the first option. And if you think i make that shit up, look at the Best Picture Winners and nominations of the last lets say 8 years.

[@JavierSalcedoC]

The black actor nailed the character so perfectly!

[@jamesparson]

He’s not black. He’s Australian.

[@hughjefner510]

And he's white in real life

[@pablojescobar3400]

no he isn't, thats Danny Glover retard

[@derekgsx]

@@hughjefner510 he's a dude playin a dude disguised as another dude.

[@markkalyta4560]

Robert Downey Jr went "full into" this role. Irony that he's telling Ben that nobody goes "full in".

[@whiteobama3032]

The best part of that scene is that he delivers it in full black face and speaking jive.

[@TrueThanny]

Not jive, and not blackface.

[@zach9538]

I love that everyone laughed at it because its funny, and yet everyone was uncomfortable doing it. Comedy will always have a "dark side", and im here for it.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

THANK GOD FOR THIS COMMENT!

[@logankean7336]

To paraphrase George Carlin, “Comedy doesn’t work unless someone gets hurt!”

[@jademermaidmusic]

Dark side because they’re saying “retard”? Bloody hell society is so sick nowadays

[@nodak81]

If you think talking about retards is dark comedy, you have some learning to do.

[@zach9538]

@@DeReAntiqua Ha while I agree my fellow Americans are super soft, several of these reactors are not American so the cringing spans at least Canada, US, UK, Australia, etc...

[@brossjackson]

It tells you something about how well this movie works that they are busy worrying about the politically correct way to refer to developmentally disabled people, but have gotten completely used to RDJ in blackface by this point.

[@karga23]

The movie does a really good job by throwing their hypocrisy in their face.

[@JeshuaSquirrel]

Because RDJ's actor character is the butt of the joke. Everyone else in the movie knows the pigmentation thing was wrong. That's why the audience can allow it because of who the joke is about even with the subject.

[@hadoken95]

I suspect the truth is most people accurately pick up on the fact that RDJ is lampooning 'method' actors and not doing blackface as racial mockery. Really only people who haven't actually bothered to watch the film would go down that road. Also with regards to that word - it's superficial to just think of it as a word change or "PC" it's about thinking of people with those disabilities as actually human and not just dumb animals. It's a net change for the better the word is taboo in today's age. Doesn't mean this scene isn't still hilarious, though.

[@Mysterybabylon696]

It's all about mind fucking the audience.

[@Fernando_616]

When RDJ was on Joe Rogan he mentioned people were more pissed at Stiller for the Simple Jack character and he couldn’t believe it 😂

[@jculver1674]

Downey's character is trolling Stiller's character so hard in this scene.

[@clayjohanson]

Notice how RDJ keeps breaking eye contact with Stiller as he’s explaining things to him - he has to be thinking, “This guy CANNOT be serious.”

[@alexjimenez3459]

His acting is like working with Mercury, it's an art form.😂

[@jakewhite3132]

I love how angry he sounds for "simple ass Jack" and "the dumbest motherfucker that ever lived" just because he knows Tugg is too stupid to understand.

[@ChadtheHammer]

"You was farting in bathtubs and laughing your ass off."

[@Mundo_do_Ray]

Not just trolling. Also teaching real acting technics

[@cool.6673]

This whole film is trolling Hollywood. The blackface, the jokes about actors playing people with disabilities, actors taking themselves too seriously.

[@bebop_557]

Yeah tbh I consider Tropic Thunder to be this generation's version of Blazing Saddles. They didn't actually hold those beliefs- they were making fun of the people who actually do hold those beliefs.

[@thedonk2]

And the fact that Ben still wrote that movie just sits well with me in so many ways

[@joeschmoe233]

good point cool. The same bag of dicks who exploit kids, and partake in every vice known to man. The entertainment industry deserves its scorn.

[@mikemccord6276]

It's actually supposed to be making fun of Apocalypse Now. The making of the film they did is also supposed to mock the making of Apocalypse now's.

[@AndreLuis-gw5ox]

​@@mikemccord6276 its multi layered. Its a parody of the typical Vietnam oscar winning drama, and of holywood, the movie industry and actors in general

[@khalidamajoud4114]

Seeing the youngsters get offended is almost as funny as those hilarious lines! 😂😂😂

[@sktacticai6707]

I’ve yet to find a single reactor who truly appreciates the genius level comedy happening throughout the entire movie with RDJ’s character.

[@waylonbocephus]

Yeah people just look at one or two aspects of the character but when you look at the character as a whole it is brilliant. RDJ’s character is a play on the Oscar bait method actor and how Hollywood will use the guise of “art” as a way to excuse their own depravity while also at the same time pretending to be these uber moral people when they are just total pieces of crap. The more you dig into the movie the better it gets. Like a whole other layer is there. Plus this was one of the last times Hollywood made fun of themselves. Which they could certainly use more of these days.

[@mcjim256]

He’s just a dude playing a dude pretending to be another dude. Epic next level comedy.

[@TheLanceUppercut]

@@mcjim256 Disguised as another dude!

[@OrbiTiZZeD]

they're all zoomers, can't expect thoughts to be generated by them.

[@patrickwaldeck6681]

​@OrbiTiZZeD Almost none of these reactors are zoomers lol. Most of them are in their 30's.

[@NoName-fx9zi]

Two types of people: those who laugh at this and those who are afraid to laugh....but simply can't help it.

[@gregory593]

I'm willing to bet that most of these reactors aren't actually uncomfortable with the scene, but instead they are uncomfortable about what other people will think of their reaction to the scene.

[@Tarmac76]

You nailed it.

[@interlj]

👏👏👏

[@jrod2510]

You'd be wrong. When they were making this film they knew the absolute gold they were making and everybody except over sensitive actors and studio execs would be pissing their pants laughing at the satire

[@vincelong3132]

So they're dudes playing a dude who is offended by the actor dudes?

[@CorsetGrace]

What you pointed out is the definition of Woke. You don't really mind, you just worry that other people will mind that you don't mind.

[@AtownCangri]

This is the perfect example of why comedy isn't funny anymore. Everyone's afraid of triggering someone. I love this movie 😂

[@shawnanderson6313]

Agreed, I'm glad I grew up in the 80s and 90s.

[@badpop987]

True. Mostly they are getting offended on behalf of someone else that isn’t even offended for themselves… modern logic I guess.

[@JDnFL]

Most people don't realize that it's an actual medical term.

[@nightlyrowentree6047]

Exactly

[@PraxisPeabody]

Yes and no. If you need to drag someone down to be funny, is it?.

[@joshuadetwiler9551]

"A lot has changed. " Not really everyone still laughed 😊

[@brandocalrissian3294]

She is really into the whole political correctness thing.

[@rubenthehuman]

Yeah some keep saying that, but it's not true, it is still funny. Some people just don't get the joke, back then and now.

[@eduardoesquinca7959]

i was thinking the same when she said that, nothing has changed, this stupid people want to belive it is but we still laughing at this, because it is FUNNY

[@riveraharper8166]

Yeah Yeah closet Liberal.

[@lestatdelc]

@@riveraharper8166 - Yeah. So it's so terrible being liberal (i.e. open to new ideas) and not wanting to be an offensive douchbag.

[@tru_sith8617]

I love this movie because it’s not making fun of people, it’s making fun of the industry that thrives off making fun of people.

[@someonefromcanada2668]

I love the juxtaposition of someone like Natalie who tries to keep it together and feels bad about laughing and Georges who just laughs out loud! Thanks for this compilation; it's hilarious!

[@smithwilliams8831]

Just laugh guys. It’s funny. Too worried about being canceled nowadays

[@rdor011]

Looking up 'I am Sam' with Sean Penn and the first image had me laughing twice as hard at this.

[@Will-fk2dk]

Nothing breaks my heart more than to see people become this uncomfortable with comedy! They have bent the knee and accepted censorship, which in turn, makes them into sheep who cannot even laugh without looking around to see if it "Ok to laugh".

[@OriginalPuro]

They are feminized, they are afraid of "hurting feelings". It's pathetic. Women are 6 times more politically correct than men and we have let women take over society and tell people "to be soft, sensitive and in touch with your emotions", and now everyone is soft and weak, afraid of words and can't even laugh at a joke because "oh my, that's not correct". Pathetic.

[@brianblock2583]

Nothing? I’d say seeing people abuse disabled people might be more heart breaking…. I think this scene is hilarious- but that’s *because* they are making fun of the guy who is an idiot- not disabled people. It’s sad how many people are commenting that they *miss* a lack of empathy.

[@joeblo1111]

@@brianblock2583 Saying retard is not abusing disabled people you fucking nancy.

[@anymaru]

It's George Orwell 1984. The thought police

[@EddieHenderson92]

@@brianblock2583 I think you missed the point little buddy.

[@chrisferguson1911]

JR: Do you think that you can make that movie today? RDJ: Oh, you couuuld. 😂😂😂

[@TheKidDoc81]

"We'll never get movies like that again" We will. When the world stops thinking that words are vIoLeNcE. The pendulum is swinging.

[@silver292]

Totally agree. I reackon in around 5 - 10 year we'll be just as honest and irreverent as we used to be.

[@deanarjones9114]

There’s always the pendulum swing. I’ve been warning people for decades when they get all uptight and one-sided.

[@n30ng75]

​@@silver292I honestly pray for this. People judging others for saying something innocently, over the quality of their character, is just back asswards.

[@thaterrapin]

​@@n30ng75there's always the pendulum swings and I feel like this politically correct overcorrection was caused by it seeming like there is a bigger crowd of people doing the cancelling bc of social media. It will and already is correcting course. Just look at the stand up comedy boom that we're in the middle of. It's bc people want good comedy and don't want to worry about every word being judged.

[@TheSnoozeFox]

I'm black and legit forgot Kirk Lazarus was a White dude several times in the movie, its such a genius performance by RDJ.😂

[@danjacques77]

These last few years, society in North America went full you know what ... funny is funny and you shouldn't feel confused when you're laughing.

[@WickedMo13]

never seen people afraid 2 laugh , so much fear ,

[@RewardedRocki]

You gotta pretend to be offended so you don't upset your fake internet friends. Duh.

[@MamadNobari]

Then you should watch Blind Wave's reactions to Always Sunny.

[@brandonhill2183]

A few of them are vocal about their certain political persuasions and occasionally virtue signal when exploring a theme in a movie. So if they laugh at this, they will be canceled faster than Speedman went full retard

[@RandomPickles]

​@@MamadNobariDon't they refuse to laugh at anything that is slightly edgy? Trying to remember if that was them. Stopped watching who ever it was because their refusal to even acknowledge a joke existed was cringier than any joke.

[@JoshuaDay0550]

i dont think that was them - they usually roll with the shit just fine. What you are describing sounds like "the Normies" @@RandomPickles

[@juskaran]

People don't actually appreciate RDJ's superior level of acting here. He owned Sgt Lincoln's character like a God. The accent, the monotonous behaviour and the comedic timing is just so perfect

[@cheeseburgersuperior1874]

and he did went on character for the dvd commentary.

[@nonconsensualopinion]

Hup!... what do you mean "owned"?

[@drdoktor77]

You mean, he owned Kirk Lazarus owning Osirus. It's like an onion of insane acting with all the layers.

[@JayTheDodo]

The irony is, the film is making fun of people like you too. The pretentious type with over the top platitudes for an actor. Like a God? Dude, relax. Really fun film, however you and a lot of the commenters here are falling victim of taking it all too seriously, just like the characters in the movie.

[@todd8398]

Honestly, the current culture we live in actually makes this movie funnier.

[@thaterrapin]

It's absolutely unreal how terrified everyone is when in a "public" setting to do anything at all that they think might get them cancelled. It's so annoying and I'm so glad that there's a stand up comedy boom where they're all holding the line and not catering to the politically correct overcorrection that's happened

[@m.b.5329]

@@thaterrapinI think that's mostly a US American thing. I still use "retarded" regularly and it's not really an issue. I generally don't think that "the current culture" is much different from any culture we ever had. People have been easily offended since forever. Only the reasons changed. The only differene is the massive magnifying glass called the internet that is everywhere now.

[@tommyrami22]

I absolutely love watching millennials short circuit when he says that forbidden word . You know you wanna laugh, just do it. It’s a comedy.

[@TheNativeEngine]

I still love how this is the coldest logic about the Academy and it's done with the funniest delivery. It's still gold.

[@ryantres85]

Sean Penn did go home empty-handed. Dustin Hoffman and Tom Hanks didn't.

[@spbynum]

“A lot has changed.” And YET they all laugh. Funny is funny . There are no limits if that’s the goal. I miss comedies.

[@cmdrvarna]

“A lot has changed in 12 years” … yeah for the worse

[@ryans1623]

Yes for the worse unfortunately.

[@sobrevalorado]

For example, wearing a hat at home

[@normanyerby2009]

Damn right.

[@Alran109]

@@sobrevalorado yeah she sucks

[@russwatkins1210]

Good point.

[@nickcross2684]

The woke girl in the hat is killing me. She can’t find any humor in this at all and it about to make her head explode. Stay golden little cupcake.

[@kevinmajus4821]

The comedic irony in this whole scene is the hypocrisy that he went full black face by getting a skin pigmentation procedure and never breaking character while telling him what he did wrong with Simple Jack.

[@ice-iu3vv]

yes, but what percentage of the current audience could grasp something like that ? you expect them not to just hang on tight and wait cringingly for the bad word to go away. we are more than a full decade removed from critical thinking occurring in people under 40.

[@alphanerd7221]

There is no irony there. The Simple Jack thing isn't about the character having been offensive. It's about it being boring.

[@Rejetnicks]

Don`t let political correctness spoil this scene. This is great acting! Ben and Robert at their best:-)

[@alegendarywolf3278]

I just wonder how many takes this scene did, wonder if they broke character doing this scene it's pure gold!!

[@robw9852]

That makes it even funnier. When this came out, nobody cared about who said the word, now, hearing him say it 20x so nonchalantly makes it so much better.

[@FormerMoonGod]

This is a movie that is supposed to satirize the lengths actors go through to win awards, and just how incredibly stupid it is. If anything, this issue comes up from individuals drawing a hard line on what is unacceptable to say and removing context. The removal of context from public discourse I believe should be in a politically incorrect sphere just as much as the person actually saying the r-word within the context of intentionally being offensive. Removing context is a recipe for misinformation and propagates a civilization without critical thinking skills. Case and point, I feel where the communities this film offended, I being a person on the autism spectrum, should have directed their issues is in the fact that this thing did get nominations, and if Stiller was truly on point with making this film to make fun of actors who go to extreme lengths to win awards, then the actors should not become what they were trying to satirize. That can be argued to be quite hypocritical as this film won a critic's choice award. This film literally became an extreme satire that went to that length in which... intentional or not... won awards. At that point, what are you truly satirizing? Yourself? They should have refused the awards if they felt so strongly about the satire argument.

[@DirtCheapFU]

New... PC. I don't remember this, Political Correctness, when I was growing up.

[@IDiggPattyMayonnaise]

It was PC to say retarded back then. It's why this scene was in the movie and why he kept saying it. This wasn't just a casual conversation, the joke was saying it. I lot of people in the comments are acting like the word was just recently taboo. We have this scene because people were trying to erase the word use back then too

[@epbrown01]

The craziest part is how accurate this is; he’s throwing out concrete examples of actual movies. This scene killed the entire genre.

[@gregc5316]

Its scary watching how easily offended these 20 somethings get. How do they get through the week?.

[@aaronmoore536]

They don't without drugs, therapists, and social media. What a weak generation.

[@terratrodder]

It's like a Pavlovian response, just a reaction to what they've been told over and over is bad. It's as if context is no longer important.

[@Kudos_OG]

I love that they got uncomfortable about the word “retarded” but didn’t care that Robert Downey Jr was in black face 😂

[@Alran109]

The irony.

[@ricosauve5]

Actually if you go look at these people reaction videos, they cringed at that too. Tropic thunder is a great Comedy but its weird to watch the younger generation think it cringy, even tho they still laughing

[@UNSTABLE111]

@brainxtc2171 ooh it is black face for sure..its suppsoed to satires the whole method acting that people go through

[@mrtoothless]

Embarrassing watching grown men and women so scared of people's opinion that they pretend to care about a word in a movie.

[@bullpasha]

The genius of this movie is RDJ says "playing a guy who isn't smart but thinks he is, thats tricky" ... while he is doing the exact same thing in this movie

[@stephentrayner3870]

Love the fact that these are precisely the people and reactions this scene is mocking...

[@XC11301991]

Love this movie when it came out in theater. Now it's a masterpiece because of the current culture we live in.

[@duanebidoux6087]

Actually, it is amazing to realize how few people today realize they are not making fun of people with mental challenges, but are making fun of people who act THIS WAY.

[@brandonrupp5880]

This reaction video is as funny as the actual scene. They are so uncomfortable. Absolute gold.

[@brandonschneider3993]

That chick with the hat is someone you couldn't hang with and have fun. She's too into her virtue to be able to talk one on one. The people laughing are the real ones.

[@brandocalrissian3294]

Oh, she would lose her shit with every other sentence that comes out of my mouth. I have a super woke pc cousin who refuses to come to family gatherings because the rest of us don't censor ourselves for her. It's hilarious.

[@Matisaro]

He said to an empty youtube comment section eyes leaking with loneliness.

[@brandonschneider3993]

@@Matisaro the irony of you commenting 8 months after I did with the comment you made is laughable. I'm embarrassed for you.

[@Despair505]

@@brandonschneider3993 Why's ironic that he commented 8 months after?

[@brandonschneider3993]

@@Despair505 just read his comment.....

[@robertdurant7934]

I don’t know what’s better; three minutes of laughing my ass off with some of my favorite reactors or that it took one scene to finally shut Natalie Gold up for once.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

😆

[@phoenix0153]

Who?

[@wardkdouglas]

Ouch lol

[@RandyMahnke]

You know you don't have to watch her videos if you don't like her talking in a reaction video when it's literally her job.

[@204154529]

@@phoenix0153the last one

[@Hardlyadayhardlyanight]

I remember watching this film in the theater, unable to hear during this conversation because of the vociferous laughter. Some guy then says aloud to “rewind it” because of the noise-causing another bout of laughter. To say this film was a riot was an understatement.

[@somehighlights2851]

One of the things I love about being born (and living in) a country that speaks a different language is that I get subtitles. Don't matter how loud the room is, I get all.

[@grammardragon8425]

Natalie Gold's Tropic Thunder reaction is when I stopped watching her. She kept forcing herself to both cringe and not laugh, as if she felt obligated to do so. Tropic Thunder's humor is deceptively genius and Ben Stiller (and his co-writers) new exactly what they were doing. A hilarious, instant classic of comedy.

[@robbieracer3294]

Sad thing is she's suppose to be an actor...how does she not get that scene? And how old she is too, sad to be that old and brainwashed

[@NoOne-gc7is]

Can everyone just say what an awesome edit this is??!! Kudos to the editor.

[@KJT3000]

I was a kid in the 80s and 90s. We called our Friends "Retard" all the time. We probably said it 20 times a day to each other. So watching people get weirded out by a word like that is strange. The dictionary still has the SAME definition for the word "retarded", and it's an apt way to describe someone. So I think I'm gonna keep saying "retarded"...because I like it, and it works.

[@continuallyblessed44]

My best friend and I still use the word on each other. People need to lighten up.

[@brandocalrissian3294]

I still use it regularly.

[@christopherwhite1648]

I was a kid in the 60s and 70s and we would call each other "retard", "fag" and "pussy" all the time. When my family moved from rural Ohio to Orlando, Florida, the blacks called everyone the "N" word and Motherfucker. Times have sure changed. Nobody said any of those things out of spite or hatred. There are so many words that got used - doofus, nerd, dickhead, etc. yet Nobody took real offense. Today's kids (and sadly many younger adults) freak and scream at the slightest thing.

[@louielouie22]

That expression is everywhere now😂🤣 I hear it on the golf course after bad shots. 😂

[@brianvalencia7717]

"Sean Penn.....went FULL-RETARDED! Came home EMPTY-HANDED." That was BRUTAL!😂😂😂

[@karga23]

Leonardo DiCaprio also went full-retard in What's Eating Gilbert Grape and went home empty handed.

[@x_mau9355]

it's not brutal, its sad.

[@epbrown01]

I couldn’t hear the dialogue because of all those truth bombs.

[@alanlight7740]

"I am Sam" was a terrible movie. It's about a very low IQ guy who somehow managed to have a one night stand and is trying to get custody of his daughter (played by Dakota Fanning). The movie doesn't work because the character of Sam does not have any redeeming qualities. Rain Man had amazing mathematical abilities, and I would personally say that Forrest Gump's greatest "talent" was simply that he was a good man who always went out of his way to do right by others. All the other movies in a similar vein showed triumph over adversity, but that triumph depended on some amazing talent or admirable character trait. All Sam did was use the legal system to get custody of his daughter ... who would have probably been better off almost anywhere else other than under his care. The movie was sold as being about Sam's triumphant gaining of custody ... but nobody with sense and an ounce of empathy actually wanted that outcome. So there are clearly limits to the trope. No one wants to watch a movie that consists of watching a vegetable spasming in his hospital bed. That would just be depressing - and "I am Sam" was just barely above that level.

[@msm76881]

Besides being comedy or not, Robert Downey Jr's character had a VERY valid point, actually. Hollywood will always make those tricks with characters (Rain Man, Forrest Gump, etc.) and many others, that you might not notice but they exist cause they will never be fully commited to anything. The fact these characters talk about it so raw in this movie, makes it funny but is also extremely sarcastic at the same time. No need to be so offended when they're actually spilling the truth. Just annoys me how everyone tries to prove themselves "righteous"

[@devlinallistair-zx5by]

RDJ absolutely deserved that Oscar nomination.

[@BrahmaDBA]

I got a coworker called Nelson who has down syndrome. People tiptoe around him when he first came to the office. During our first lunch together a couple of the guys came and introduce themselves so he said "My name is Nelson, you can call me Babyface Nelson, not because I'm a gangster but because of the down syndrome" and we all busted our guts laughing. People are so afraid of offending others that they don't know whether the person who is supposed to be offended is fine or just don't care.

[@slider954]

It also matters where its coming from, whether its coming from a place of humor and comradery or a place of malice and meanness. Trust me they can tell when you are laughing with them or at them

[@n30ng75]

​@@slider954then it should be up to them, to tell whether they are comfortable with it, or not. Outside opinion just may ruin a relationship that could have blossomed. Walking around on egg shells just means you don't trust each other.

[@n30ng75]

Seconded. A coworker and I worked home improvement, amd he had a birth defect. A smaller arm. He made jokes about it and made others laugh, and showed how comfortable he was about it, others got along well. One time, we were in conversation when he was called off to help with a load, and I tell him to remember to use his "strong arm," while motioning my arm, as if it was his. The guy nearly fell to the floor laughing. Obviously, this goes without saying, you just don't approach some random person, or just expect others to understand and be OK with jokes about personal abnormalities. Read the room, and know your audience.

[@_gr1nchh]

Nowadays you got these self-righteous people who are offended on behalf of those they see as less. If you are offended FOR someone, that means you see them as less and so you think you have to defend them. Meanwhile, those of us who enjoy the presence and having a good time joking around with them are seen as the evil baddies. It's such an upside down world now.

[@glazed6178]

Bingo, pretty sure the people who are offended are the ones saying other "groups" are offended as a whole. So basically people are getting offended on behalf of other people who have not said they are offended.... so the offense is kind of made up. I remember hearing about Apu on the Simpsons being played by a white actor and all the white outrage over that. Apparently he is a beloved India icon. Similarly with a video of a guy wearing a poncho and sombrero at white college campuses upsetting the white teens who thought it was racists. Meanwhile authentic Mexicans loved the outfit and couldn't stop talking or complimenting him on it. It creates conversation, opens language barriers. Now if the kid went to Mexico, took a shit on the poncho and burned it in the street then yeah I bet a lot of people would be pissed off. Turns out that most people have a sense of humor and also people just like recognition. A lot of countries consume American media so even a joke character like Apu is a big deal to people who feel a kinship to their people.

[@nostoneunturned7641]

3:02 girl on the right wearing the hat needs to get a sense of humor

[@cojac6SMG]

This is insane, because this scene was so funny to general audiences back then (still is to people who still have senses of humor today) that it was getting repeated for years after the movie released, it was considered one of the funniest scenes in the movie and part of it was in the trailer. What’s more insane is that most of these people are old enough to have remembered this and remember how funny it was to themselves too. But alas, they’ve been told this isn’t allowed to be laughed at anymore, so they just pretend. What a world we live in now.

[@cojac6SMG]

@TP-pq9xx nice troll

[@denisla3546]

Bunch of retards ill tell you that - they went full retard

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

People get softer and softer over the years. When we were kids and we were listening to Heavy Metal, our parents were saying to us "turn it down! why do you listen to this Devil music?" now the parents are like "why do you listen to this soft no balls music?" lol

[@27westwest]

@@johnnyskinwalker4095ah yes metal music famously died off in 2017 because nobody listens to metal anymore lol. I mean cmon dude you’re literally acting like the softest motherfucker going “everyones too soft nowadays to enjoy anything” because people decided not to use a word that was literally only used as a derogatory slur indicating that if you were “Retarded” that was a bad thing you should be made fun of and mocked over. Literally to the point of comedies literally putting in characters whose entire point is to be called the R word and made fun of cause theyre an easy target.

[@Vastspartan]

Soft ass people. The US has become soft

[@GeorgeEugeneBarrett]

That girl with the hat is the worst kind of person.

[@PeteGeorge]

People haven't "woken" up to something they didn't see before. They added significance to something that was never there. This is pure comedy gold. ❤😮😂

[@alrensha7479]

One of the best scenes of the movie. This movie needs a sequel!!

[@jajhsbabbwnsjsbbsjs]

Bruh the crybabies would burn down theaters

[@dubbleplusgood]

No sequel. Stands perfectly on its own. Sequels are part of the movie business machine they were making fun of.

[@kingofbel6499]

I still cannot get used to this word being a taboo now. Literally EVERYONE used to say it back then.

[@vielissimo1202]

Finally!!! But you should add another one: the part where they're sharing life moments beside the fire. The "Lance" one 😂😂😂

[@kidd522666]

Did you just say Lance?

[@CynicalRam]

The fuck I just hear, lance?!

[@ralphdougherty1844]

Man everyone’s gay once in awhile!

[@kylereinhold1386]

Dangling ya dice on Lance's forehead

[@GothKit]

This had me crying laughing. I LOVE this movie. Saw it back in theaters when it was first released and I still laugh. All the time.

[@Murzerker333]

LOL at the uncomfortable reactions. This is a generation who were never taught stick and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.

[@venomdust1]

Every single reactor was holding in laughter.. Just laughing at a absurd and over the top conversation In a movie turned into a cloud of fear if you smile too much .

[@LordEriolTolkien]

As an old person it is interesting watch the young react in such a Pavlovian manner. You have been conditioned beyond your understanding

[@jonnybgoode7742]

Born in 93 I can whole heartedly say these people were the ones that never rode their bike around their neighborhood when they were young. Grew up on the internet and social media so you cant tell them shit. Me and my buddy call them house cats.

[@LordEriolTolkien]

​@@jonnybgoode7742 I remember black and white TV and remember a time before owning a telephone - the old wall mounted rotary phone I was in high school Kids today don't know they're born

[@shaggybaggums]

@@LordEriolTolkien Used to love the old phones, in the UK our emergency services number is 999. You were probably dead by the time someone managed to dial it.

[@LordEriolTolkien]

@@shaggybaggums here in Australia the Emergency Number is 000

[@LordEriolTolkien]

@@shaggybaggums Is that you, Wellington?

[@brianjacobs6787]

The way everyone got uncomfortable by the word retard...lol. "Never go full retard" wise words😅

[@joeblo1111]

It's retarded.

[@smartchick649]

I notice that women will laugh, but they’re uncomfortable🤭 laughing, but not the men. 🤭

[@machtnichtsseimann]

3:19 - Disagree. Not a lot has changed, if you don't let it. The movie is STILL a Cult Classic!

[@beeaye7944]

We need movies to return to a point where we are again comfortable making people feel deeply uncomfortable.

[@jimiewilliams7623]

Seen Hereditary?

[@chrisweidner4768]

And through their discomfort, hopefully they’ll pull their heads out of their 4th point of contact.

[@jamesnorthup7717]

Man I grew up in the 80's and everybody called everyone retarded, it wasn't even a thing, people are so sensitive now....

[@nstents7781]

It's taken me a while to notice this, but I really appreciate how you mix the scene in with the reactors. It follows from the idea that the characters are reacting too. Great work.

[@jaxjaggywires]

These hesitant laughs are extra funny considering one of the actors is in blackface and they seem fine with that...like, it's ok, this movie is made for stuff like this. It's ok to laugh, folks.

[@danielharding1623]

This scene sums up what the movie is ultimately about. The dangers of method acting, you don't just play a character, you become another person and Ben Stiller even said something about it in the clip.

[@karga23]

Some people seem like they're missing the point of the movie. It's satire about Hollywood actors who on one hand are really insecure and on the other hand are full of themselves. So, all these conversations make sense when you know how they are fully out of touch with the rest of the world.

[@paulieluppino1856]

A lot of people making reaction videos, when a joke like this come around, they usually say "Nowadays, they cannot make this kind of scene" "This kind of humor cannot happened these days"......... My question is, why the fuck no? If this video proofs something is that we need this kind of irreverent over the top kind of humour, if only not to become mindless drones at the mercy of whatever random morality rules on twitter by the moment......

[@justonjenkins1589]

This movie was epic! " You been talking to me this whole time!"

[@bigdicdaddy6042]

The actual black guy what do you mean you people 😂

[@smartchick649]

I miss comedy like this.🤭🙋🏽‍♀️😂

[@SentaiYamaneko]

And this is why I'm convinced that Tropic Thunder is our generation's Blazing Saddles.

[@Sensydon1538]

I thoroughly and wholeheartedly agree with this statement.

[@BoJangles42]

2007: "Here comes a joke that's supposed to make you slightly uncomfortable." Gen Z: "That's illegal."

[@mannyhernandez6507]

2007: Never go full retard Gen Z😂😂😂

[@renee7407]

When this movie came out I got about 8 minutes in and couldn’t watch anymore. Years later I finally did watch it, fricken HILARIOUS. It’s actually a very well done film.

[@Christobanistan]

What in the world made you quit 8 minutes in?

[@204154529]

Natalie Gold taking the gold again in being insufferably sanctimonious

[@chalmers1984]

I used to like her but shes so fake

[@stephenpmurphy591]

Yep, smugness & condescension creates an unwatchable reactor.

[@curtismartin2866]

I'm gonna go with Ms. Gold having someone in her life who is Developmentally Disabled as to why she was so clearly offended. Honestly, I don't quite understand how a word that simply means slowed down has been turned into "The R Word" BUT if Developmentally Disabled people say it offends them, then don't use it. It's that simple.

[@OtherSideOfMorning]

​@@curtismartin2866 Don't go full retard..

[@OriginalPuro]

@@curtismartin2866 My big brother is retarded, he laughed at Tropic Thunder. As he says, if you DON'T make fun of EVERYONE, like not making fun of people with disabilities, you are discriminating. My brother taught me true equality, make fun of everyone and everything, otherwise you're literally treating them differently because of their situation which is what they DO NOT want.

[@richstrobel]

These people may not know about the nominees at the end. When Speedman wins the Oscar two of the nominees pictured are Sean Penn and Tom Hanks. Penn is the blind man reading in brail and Hanks is the handicapped athlete in a wheelchair.

[@Theutus2]

Stick n' stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. Sack up kids.

[@ismaelortiz4790]

I love this guys editing skills. Hope to see more from tropic thunder lol

[@BudhagRizzo]

This role proved hands down how genius Robert Downey Jr's acting is.

[@deBebbler]

Things haven't changed in 15 years Natalie. That joke was designed to make you uncomfortable. Patrice O'Neal said it best. Comedy is at its best when half the room is laughing and the other half is horrified. This bit is Exhibit A.

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

It's more like now everybody gets offended by every words.

[@Hype679]

RIP Patrice. The Elephant In The Room.

[@robby1816]

And this had most of the room unintentionally laughing & being horrified of what people would think of them, for laughing.

[@nutterbuttergutter]

Patrice O’Neal - he died waaaaaay too soon. A god among comedians.

[@crewchief5144]

@@nutterbuttergutter Same as Bill Hicks. Good thing Dennis Leary was around to keep those jokes going.

[@Kingeptacon]

George Carlin has a great bit on how society has soften language over the years.

[@Alran109]

RIP to the legend

[@Akeche]

You can tell these precious little babies live around a lot of overly sensitive people.

[@indridcold3762]

I thank God everyday I grew up back in the 80's and 90's. These poor bastards today are like zombies offended by thier own damn shadow.

[@safaqksd2827]

Real💯

[@richardgutierrez3829]

Amen to that

[@tehdesp]

Amazingly, all viewers survived this horribly traumatic experience...

[@KS-xk2so]

I still think to this day that Stiller knew RDJ was going to get a ton of fake outrage for his character, so he cranked the offensive meter up to 11 for Simple Jack to pull some focus lol

[@bigwill8145]

At the end she said a lot has changed in the last 12 years unfortunately she did not include and not for the better because this movie is f****** hilarious and it is a shame that we cannot make these types of movies anymore

[@HotShame0]

A lot of ppl are cringing at the word yet they completely missed the entire message of that scene, it was the best scene it rivals most oscar winning dialogue scenes ever. Just because they are afraid of a word.

[@Sinatik]

0:32 - It's insane, I'm sure these people were old enough to rememeber when we'd throw that word out non stop. Their reactions today lol

[@476429]

There were people offended when the movie came out, but no one cared. What has changed so dramatically and so suddenly is that people are horrified to be offended or to think someone else may be offended.

[@officialyoungmari]

ppl think the world has gotten more sensitive. they also think its a form of control where we are being told what we can say or cannot say. ironically enough they are kind of right however they dont realize that the fact that 6 reactions make them feel so deeply about a stupid movie that they themselves are more sensitive as well.

[@user-jq7di9pz8m]

I think there are more sensitive people now tho, younger people get alot more easily offended, and for some reason as a society we pander to those type of people more

[@officialyoungmari]

@@user-jq7di9pz8m do u realize that being offended at ppl for being offended is also sensitive?

[@EddieHenderson92]

Gen-Z is the softest generation and I feel bad for them because they've been brainwashed.

[@EddieHenderson92]

@@officialyoungmari Huh? If someone is offended, that's fine and don't watch the movie but don't lecture the rest of us. Woke liberals are fascist like in how they want everyone to agree with them or they get violent.

[@kennydeez..1774]

😂😅😂😅😂HILARIOUS SCENE🔥🔥🔥🔥. Great Mash Reactions😅👍🏾💯👍🏾

[@balancebreaker1561]

dudeee this was amazing omg holy shit this edit was genius

[@Grandview6613]

So much guilt! It’s hilarious.😅