Every time it came up
Discussion of Robert Downey Jr.'s blackface performance and the movie's quality
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“that's a great movie holds up i haven't seen it in years but i that's one that's worthy of re-watching it's tremendous”
Tom Cruise cameo and Ben Stiller's physical transformation for the role
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“And the dancing was great. Like like I watched that movie a few months ago. It's so good.”
Kyle · unverified▲ positive
“That's all his idea. He's like He's like, "I got an idea for this character. It's a little different than what you were pitching, Ben. I want to have big hands and I need to dance."”
Discussed Robert Downey Jr.'s blackface performance and whether it's acceptable when done well
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder, it's so well done that I bet if you showed that picture to someone who didn't know who Robert Downey Jr. was, they'd be like, Yeah, it's black man.”
Kyle · unverified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“you have to do the whole body. You have to like hand paint and stuff for you to be intimate.”
Discussion of the comedy war movie including Robert Downey Jr's blackface role, Tom Cruise's performance with fake hands, and the film's humor.
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · news/off-topic, not scored
“Robert dowy Jr completely committing to the black face and the the character and I I brought it up before but there are those behind the scenes uh videos of him and his black family”
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Tropic Thunder is hilarious I'm on an island by myself I I was like Kyle drastically overrate this movie so I just looked it up nope the internet agrees with Kyle”
Woody · likely▼ negative
“I didn't like it that much really I thought it was so funny”
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“the movie's hilarious I I've only seen it like once in the last 10 years but even when I saw it a few years back I was like yeah this holds up this is this is a funny movie”
Tom Cruise's comedic role in Tropic Thunder discussed positively
Taylor ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Tropic Thunder I forgot he was in that as the funny executive that is that movie I watched it within the last year that movie holds up so well”
Extended discussion of Robert Downey Jr.'s blackface role in the film, its satire, and whether similar comedy could be made today
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · news/off-topic, not scored
“I think there'd be a little [ __ ] if Robert Downey Jr did this bro you're insane and quartered no you know what by the way I was right about the Olsen twins”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“there's very few instances where it's I remember hear no evil see no evil or whatever because I can just still see I think Richard Prime was the blind one”
Discussion of Robert Downey Jr's blackface performance and Tom Cruise's role, comparing it to other controversial movies from that era
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“i don't think anyone gave a [ __ ] because he did such a remarkably perfect job”
Kyle · unverified▲ positive · news/off-topic, not scored
“i think that that could not be be made now even something like uh tropic thunder they couldn't do now”