‘R-word’ sets off protests Posted on August 14th
The way some people are griping about the jokes in that hilarious new Ben Stiller movie ” Tropic Thunder” is totally retarded.
What? That sentence offended you? C’mon, it’s a joke. It’s satire, thus the flippant use of the word “retarded” is perfectly fine.
At least that’s the logic Hollywood executives are relying on to explain the “retard” gags scattered throughout Stiller’s new flick, a satire about actors and the absurd lengths they’ll go to for fame.
But that logic isn’t sitting well with many who have intellectual disabilities and the wide array of advocacy groups that represent them. Special Olympics and other organizations are calling for a nationwide boycott of the film, holding protests outside some theaters and decrying the movie as a shining example of how a derogatory term has muscled its way into acceptable everyday slang.
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