Jamie Foxx talks about backlash from jokes he did on Jimmy Fallon, and why people accepted Robert Downey Jr. doing blackface in Tropic Thunder. Taken from Joe Rogan Experience #990.
Second choice would have to be Jamie Foxx doing an impression of Robert Downey Jr. Holy cats, the voice, speech pattern, and word choice was all bang-on.
Jamie’s got a point here: there’s people who want to harm. But when you joke without hate, just doing or saying nonsense stuff or being satirical… why would you be offended? I’m Italian and I’m not offended if some actor does a caricature of italians… I know many people hate Italians, but Im able to understand when somebody jokes to offend or not
America has a tabbo wity black face because it was used in the days of slavery to dehumanize black peoppe. Some peoppe cant move on from that. And many peoppe who do use blackface are trying to dehumanize someone. But those cases dont go on tv.
@@haddy106 are you a transgender halfwit. I'm Australian I found tropic thunder fucking hilarious the satire is great it holds a mirror to the Hollywood and society
RDJ did such a good job with the character. The makeup department also did an amazing job. 2 months before the movie came out I was mad because his name was on the poster but I never once saw him on the poster or in the trailer. Then one day I looked at it long enough and my jaw was on the floor. This whole time I was wondering who this random black dude was, so I was not ready for the reveal/lore behind his character. Also he portrayed a black character without needing to rely on stereotypes, while ironically the actual black character was more of a stereotype. Tropic Thunder, great writing, great acting.
The black character was a faker who was exploiting a black stereotype for money. The white character was doing exactly the same thing, and that was the irony between the two guys. It was poking fun at people's conception of what it means to be "black" in America.
Robert Downey Jr was NOT doing blackface, his character in the movie was doing blackface. It was meant to be inappropriate because it was part of the story.
A distinction which will be waved aside with a simple, "That doesn't make it better." People see the words, "RDJ in blackface" and immediately throw out any semblance of context. Pointing it out to them is essentially calling them ignorant (by the literal definition of the word) and they're not, in a million, trillion years, going to agree and say you're right.
@@buca117 i mean does the context make it better? Like its a white man playing a white man in heavy makeup to be black, sure in the story it is seen as extremely wrong but still is the action of putting that in the movies plot racist? Would it have been funnier if they casted a black actor? Or did they need to put a white actor through heavy makeup to look black?
@@ianbrown1810 Yeah, because the former is racist, the latter is a joke at racism's expense. He's wearing blackface despite the fact that there's a perfectly good black "actor" as part of the cast. They (Tom Cruise's character) did it because they wanted to have a black man on the team while also killing off the black guy first, but didn't trust an actual black man to fill the role. We the audience are supposed to look at that and laugh, because it's a satirical jab at Hollywood racist hypocrisy. Basically, it's mocking racism by highlighting it. Or by "starting a conversation," to use the overly sensitive crowd's vernacular.
@@buca117 interesting i still dont know how i totally feel about it, the character i remember being very funny. And i feel not really knowing how to feel about it is part of it
That shit had me shook. I've watched this interview a handful of times and somehow forgot about that. This dude can act, sing, perform standup comedy, play piano, speak exceptionally well, and can speak sign language?! It's like a higher plane of being a human being
I’m African-American/Black. This was NOT offensive to me. Mind you, this was also well before everyone was fake “woke”. It’s a difference in being malicious. He killed the role.
I was always super friendly with random black kids in school, only thing is I would drop the n word with a hard r when greeting and saying goodbye, no one ever got upset, I think it was because I was friendly. Though one kid did want to fight me and I simply didn't, if it wasn't in the school or at my place I wasn't gonna bother, so nothing bad happened technically
Facts. And he’s literally playing a white movie actor, who in the movie is playing the role of a black army sergeant. And they have the actual black actor in the movie roast him multiple times. I’m pretty sure everyone who calls it racist hasn’t actually seen the movie, they just see a picture of a black RDJ and start making assumptions without context
Jamie Foxx is low key one of the most talented people in Hollywood but he's so humble about it. he's funny af, unbelievable at impressions, knows sign language, good with music, and obviously a great actor. But basically everyone just knows him as Django, Ray Charles and a couple other movie roles.
Had Tropic Thunder not had a black actor as part of the main cast then I could see some people getting angry over RDJ’s character, even though his character was funny. But they had an actual black actor in the main cast and their interactions together were absolutely hysterical. Brandon Jackson played his character’s outrage at the best black role in the war film being played by a white actor so, so well. It was great. IIRC RDJ was kinda scared and aired the film with the NAACP and they were fine with the character. Tropic Thunder is one of the few actually funny movies of the past twenty years. Edit: people seem to forget that the film was a comedy poking fun at actors, producers, talent agents, method acting, the whole nine yards. And damn it was true to life too.
Besides, I think WHITE FACE is awesome if done by the right person. MJ was really messed up as a white guy (No joke here. He was legitimately a white guy in a video). But that's great stuff. It needs to be done well.
@@Carlos27thFS It was a question of why didn't he catch hell for blackface, outrage that usually starts from black people. I didn't say non-poc didn't understand. So, umm...
@@Carlos27thFS she wasnt referring to everyone, she was referring to black people and thats also what Jamie Foxx was saying when he said 'We' fucks with RDJr.
It's weird how people missed that considering his final scene which was the Oscars where RDJ's character was not in blackface, it's clear that he was just playing an Australian actor who's doing a blackface.
Every joke has its comedic timing. The Office is a perfect example of a show. It wouldn't work today if it just came out, but it also wouldn't have worked if it came out ten years before it actually did come out. All great comedy is meant for its current audience, and we really can't be looking backwards or forwards at the repercussions it may have. Some people are ahead of their time, some people are behind, and the most (current) popular ones are thriving in the current times
My favourite bit was the Vietnamese, because he doesn't then pretend to be Vietnamese, he's pretending to be black, pretending to be Vietnamese. So his "black" characteristics and accent came out in the way he pronounced the words. Fucking hilarious. If he didn't get an award for that, he should have.
I love RDJ acting in that role. As a black man I can never be mad at something like that when it's not coming from hate. This was pure comedy. I feel the same about that as I do when I'm watching white chicks.. Both were done out of comedy, not Hate.
@@jeffdk3837 yeah the only people who seemed to have a problem with it were the ones that didn't see the movie. It's not condoning black face in any way shape or form, it's trying to point out Hollywood's hypocrisy when it comes to race as well as open a dialogue for where exactly the line is for what's considered "offensive". RDJ's character was just one part of an overarching theme throughout the whole movie. The Simple Jack "never go full retard" ties directly into this too. At what point does an actor appropriating someone else's life stop being art and start being offensive? What is off limits and "too far" and what makes them that way? The movie did an incredible job tackling these questions and most people I've met who have seen it understand that it's deeper than just "haha we made Tony Stark black lmao".
He wasn’t doing blackface. That whole character was a satire of intense method actors who go to extreme lengths to play a role, and pokes fun at the fact that Hollywood has cast white actors in minority roles.
@@riotbreaker3506 Not traditional blackface. When I see real blackface i want to rip a white person's head off. RDJ did more of caricature becoming a black person with no ill intent. Very similar to Dave Chapelle doing a white guy. I wouldn't want what he did being confused with true black face but in modern times people put them together. I guess maybe if someone did it his way but with ill intent it would feel just like old school blackface. So in that sense you'd be right.
I believe they mentioned in the commentary track (yes, I listen to them, too) they were essentially making fun of the absurdity of Hollywood and the lengths actors will go for a role. Loved that movie.
I mean yeah. The movie itself has a news segment about how theirs a scandal of a white actor putting on blackface And also the lengths the actor went through to get black skin.
The other joke going on with RDJ’s character was how ridiculous the industry can be with casting. Like John Wayne playing Genghis Khan. A lot of Ben Stillers stuff rides on that theme within other industries too. Like Zoolander.
This topic always makes me laugh as I relate to watching old old westerns from like the 50s, 60s, 70s and almost all the time us Natives were portrayed by caucasians. My pops and I just laughed it off at how dumb they viewed/portrayed us and our way of life and some religion practices/beliefs. Hilarious indeed and we joke about it a lot since we from time to time binge western shows and movies.
@Mr. Fingers I more mean it philosophically, the way people do when they ask the same thing about method actors. If you have to spend a year(or whatever the extended length of timeis) becoming this person and it's a whole process to go back to the person you used to be, are you even acting as them anymore or did you become the character? At what point does it stop being acting and turn into scripted reality tv? I don't actually have an answer for this, just my opinion.
I was visiting my grandparents and they had a Western on (that was the only thing my grandfather watched anymore) and I was sort of hearing it in the background as we talked and then I looked at it and was shocked. I wanted to know why Geronimo had blue eyes! And my grandfather said that was John Wayne. And I laughed at the ridiculousness of it.
@@thirdgen377 Validation? Not sure what you mean. Anyone who finds blackface offensive should go see a therapist, if you ask me (unless it's meant as an insult, ofc)
Blackface doesn't make fun of black people (most of the time anyway), it's often more like an homage / tribute, but since the world is full of idiots... I'm an atheist and think that religion is cancer... yet I'd gladly dress as Martin Luther King and do blackface, out of respect and admiration. Now, if your goal in life is to find stuff to be offended about, then you'll probably find a way to consider blackface offensive, regardless of context. Remember when Eddie Murphy did whiteface in SNL? th-cam.com/video/l_LeJfn_qW0/w-d-xo.html I'd have to be clinically insane in order to find that video offensive.
Robert Downey jr wasn’t evening playing a black guy, he was playing a white man who was doing black face for a role. It’s not like they hired him over a black actor. People seem to forget that
It’s easy to jump on celebrities because celebrities are always under a microscope due to the fact they are always on a screen somewhere is what Jamie is trying to say
@@wayfinder81 but OP never really disclosed if he sat through the whole film or just knew it existed and knew there was “a black man” in it. I’d understand the latter.
Ok, seriously not trying to offend, genuine question. Did you really watch the movie? RDJ actually plays an Australian white actor who goes through ridiculous lengths to play a black role. It’s discussed multiple times in the film. And we see what he looks like before the transformation and later when he decides to remove his contacts and goes back to speaking like an Australian. They were making fun of Hollywood past of getting white actors to play poc. Did you just see a picture of his character or something?
I think Tropic Thunder did it smart. The joke wasn't that it was a white guy in black face. The joke was meta and about how Hollywood can be so insane they'd cast a white actor to play a black character instead of just hiring a black actor. Which they also point out in the movie. Intent matters.
Hollywood is sexist racist misogynistic and hypocritical. The Hollywood moguls not the actors only care about profits. Fuck your social causes but if they can make money on your social causes they will fleece you and steel your soul to lead you to believe they care
If you think that's something, you should hear my mother's Bernie Sanders impression. It's terrifying in its accuracy and coming from an old woman on top of it.
Jamie has perfectly summed up how I feel about people who get outraged at everything little thing celebrities do without ever addressing or trying to change the deeper, underlying issues that are going on. It’s so easy for people to win social justice warrior points on Twitter calling out an actor for something very shallow and quite meaningless in the grand scheme of things.
Jamie is so fucking brilliant. Multitalented, interesting, handsome and just down to earth smart. He’s a guy that’s truly made it and still has the perspective to understand how blessed he is. Deserves everything he’s has and more.
"People are always looking for something to be recreationally outraged at." I love that phrase. It perfectly sums up a lot of what we see on the internet, especially Twitter.
I was absolutely disgusted to see RDJ becoming successful after he started to do "whiteface" is this what an actor of colour has to endure to achieve success in Hollywood? It's worse than 9/11
FALSE: Robert Downey Jr. was a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude. Wow thank you for all the likes! This is most like comment in history lmao 01/01/2021
I’m black and have never been offended by blackface even with my understanding of early films in America and our history. I think ignoring our past is troublesome and people back then were taught their way of lives by the powers at be as we do today. And this movie is one of my favorites
I saw a comment along time ago that said “RDJ doing black face works, bc he wasn’t trying to insult or make fun of black people. He was making fun of method actors and the extreme lengths they go to for no reasons”
@@hudldevice1092 "any tips?, any tips?? I'm I'm tryna get there too... but give me that God damn map!!" 😂😂 hell yeah he played the shit out that role lmaoo
Im so glad so many viewers 'got' Robert Downeys role in 'Blackface.' He wasnt so much doing blackface, he was spoofing on those 'Spartan Method Actors' who immerse themselves so deeply in acting. Brilliant, and they had the other guy laughing at him, calling him 'Kangaroo Jack,' etc..
I'm actually black, and RDJ channeled more than one of my uncles literally perfectly, mannerisms, gesticulation, gait, it made me respect him more as an actor, also it was hilarious!
Neither of those words are specifically part of "African American vernacular". Gesticulation refers to gestures; often dramatic or animated ones, while gait refers to how one walks and carries themselves physically.
As a black male I found it hilarious...i didn't even see it as black face and watched the movie multiple times and still laugh he was the funniest character...people get so butt hurt so easy these days
dude that's not true, black people can take jokes just like the rest of us. nobody gave a fuck about RDJ because it was hilarious and about narcissistic actors rather than skin color and everyone got that.
MeChan Ward you realize his character was actually doing blackface tho. Thats the point behind his character it was satire on the fact that hollywood would rather hire a white Australian to play a black guy than an actual black guy
I have to say, being British I didn't have a ring-side seat for the whole Trump thing, but for what I did see I was stunned by the amount of hatred and witch-hunt hysteria thrown against him. It was just blind spitting rage. I figured there'd be a reaction, but I wasn't ready for the scale of it. I got so much shit for posting online to give the guy a chance. Suddenly I was a racist, sexist, fascist nazi who wanted holocaust 2.0. It was like Brexit all over again.
Rekaert Maybe you are not qualified to comment on a situation if you are not well versed in the subject. There is a reason people came after you... just saying. Sometimes it's best to stick to what you actually know.
Robert Downey Jr. nailed it as a black character. I'm not a fan but he nailed it! The character was like a mix between Jesse Jackson and Carl Weather's.
Jamie's got it 100% right. Most of us Black people weren't offended by the character. Robert D did a good job in that movie. Now, it's a different question if a film uses a White actor to play a Black character when there are millions of available Black actors. But, that wasn't the case here. The role called for a White actor who gets so deep into his role that he lives the part of his Black character. Downey killed it. And the reactions from the Black actor in the movie, Brandon Jackson, made it even better.
But wait.... How can you say it's not right to have a white actor play a black character, but its ok to have a black actor play a white character? As we've seen lately with these adaptations of old movies and such. There is a severe disconnect with the whole "equality" thing because it's only considered moving towards equality when you're giving one certain race or gender more opportunities and complaining when another race or gender gets those same opportunities. We don't live in the 40s, 50s, 60s or even 70s anymore. The notion that we're still "so behind" is just absolutely ridiculous. Jamie said it best, people are just constantly looking for things to bitch about, they search out things to be "offended" by. But the fact is, if you get offended by something thats YOUR fault, because you allowed it to affect you.
@@Want2SurfNow yo… I think when it comes to culture appropriation, you don’t understand the difference between a black man playing some shit like a marvel super hero who’s usually white , compared to a film
@@Want2SurfNow because that is all of hollywood history - and it was based in malicious discriminations. I feel like I'm stating the obvious. Ate the whole pie and when you forced to share the last piece - you want to be like - well lets take turn on the bites... NO - you ate the WHOLE pie! I'm eating this piece. Go Away!
Whatever. It's more Hollywood nonsense, getting away with what no one else can get away with, and people accept the excuses as "parody". yet it always seems to attack the host culture. Hollywood is trash, it has always been the source of the problem of division, for a reason. Pop culture is to the mind what refined sugar is to the body. Consume at your own risk
RDJ wasn't doing "blackface" (putting on makeup to make fun of or to appropriate Black people/culture). He was playing a white guy who was doing blackface. It's a big difference.
The comedy was how inappropriate it was that his character was doing it. Also, that very few people in the movie didn't seem to have a problem with it.
I’m black and the only reason I wasn’t offended by his black face was because when I first watched it, I didn’t realize the black dude was Robert downy jr until about half way through the movie. He did it so well that you can’t even be mad 😂
You're right.. Ray was a great movie and he was pretty damn good at singing like Ray.. but I thought that was just coincidence that he had the right voice talent plus his skills as an actor.. I didn't know he was an impressionist capable of doing several voices and shit.. that's cool.
The fact MOST black people had no issue with this and was well understood the sarcasm the role itself was potraying of how elite Hollywood actors take themsleves too seriously is completely lost on all these woke mainstream outlets lmao The only ones causing racism is them.
Kirk Lazarus in Tropic Thunder works so well because it's not just Robert Downey Jr playing an authentic black dude, it's RDJ playing an eccentric white actor playing a black dude. So it's through that lens of double or triple lampooning. "I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude!"
As a teen I had no idea he wasn't actually a black man playing this role lol. I also didnt know who RDJ was either. And when it sunk in, I still didn't care. It was an epic performance.
I saw a tweet once that said “if iron man was black who would you want to play him” the first comment was a picture of RDJ in tropic thunder 😂😂😂
Brilliant lol
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Iron patriot
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Second choice would have to be Jamie Foxx doing an impression of Robert Downey Jr. Holy cats, the voice, speech pattern, and word choice was all bang-on.
RDJ wasn't making fun of black people or "appropriating blackness." He was making fun of insane method actors.
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That’s exactly what I think thanks for putting it into words
Who cares.
and it was goddamn hilarious lol
this guy watched the movie
I love how we're just glazing over Jaimie Foxx's perfect impression of RDJ. The man is a legend.
I'm convinced he can impersonate anyone lol. He's a national treasure
Yep he has a great Tarantino too.
Yep - he started to do a really good Dave Chappelle, too, and I wanted him to keep going!
4:23 by the way
@@matthiasaigner3083 Bro fr, I should have pointed out the time stamps
Jamie’s got a point here: there’s people who want to harm. But when you joke without hate, just doing or saying nonsense stuff or being satirical… why would you be offended? I’m Italian and I’m not offended if some actor does a caricature of italians… I know many people hate Italians, but Im able to understand when somebody jokes to offend or not
If someone were to call you a greaseball, is that offensive or right on the line?
Italian or not, they coulda found a better voice actor for Mario :(
America has a tabbo wity black face because it was used in the days of slavery to dehumanize black peoppe.
Some peoppe cant move on from that. And many peoppe who do use blackface are trying to dehumanize someone. But those cases dont go on tv.
Because the word racist gives power
Wait i am Italian also? I’ve heard of dislike of people Italians but I don’t understand why? I’ve never experienced discrimination, hate or dislike.
RDJ is one of the best black actors of our generation.
leonardo dicaprio is pretty good too
I was full on expecting someone to not get the joke. I am pleased noone is that stupid yet
lmfao
I could see RDJ take over as Nick Fury in the alternate universe MCU where Tom Cruise played Iron Man.
We love him 3000
man i'm black and i don't know a single black person who was offended by his role in tropic thunder, me and my siblings all laughed our asses off lol
Black people don't need to be offended by it as there's armies of white liberals falling over themselves to take offense on their behalf.
That is because as in everything context matters. They were not trying to demean black people but make fun of the absurdity of Hollywood.
@@CRAZYHORSE19682003 correct.
And as a white guy on the other side, Dave Chappelle doing whiteface is funny as hell too
Exactly!! To be honest I hav5 heard from more white people who ask if I'm offended 🤦🏽♂️😁😁
People forget RDJ didn't play a black character. He played an Australian
He played a dude that played a dude, disguised as another dude.
Really its more insensitive to Australians since it enforces the stereotype that theyre racist
@@haddy106 No it doesn't, it's satire and taking the piss out of method actors.
@@wink1eafc774 he was joking
@@haddy106 are you a transgender halfwit. I'm Australian I found tropic thunder fucking hilarious the satire is great it holds a mirror to the Hollywood and society
RDJ did such a good job with the character. The makeup department also did an amazing job. 2 months before the movie came out I was mad because his name was on the poster but I never once saw him on the poster or in the trailer. Then one day I looked at it long enough and my jaw was on the floor. This whole time I was wondering who this random black dude was, so I was not ready for the reveal/lore behind his character. Also he portrayed a black character without needing to rely on stereotypes, while ironically the actual black character was more of a stereotype. Tropic Thunder, great writing, great acting.
I honestly can't believe people couldn't recognize RDJ from the start. That's just wild to me. XD
The black character was a faker who was exploiting a black stereotype for money. The white character was doing exactly the same thing, and that was the irony between the two guys. It was poking fun at people's conception of what it means to be "black" in America.
@@Vespyr_ I didn't recognize Tom Cruise until the end of the movie. Perfect makeup, perfect acting.
Casting really should come down to who is best for the role, no matter of colour/ gender/ race. RDJ was brilliant!
LOL RDJ did rely on a stereotype, and he did it on purpose, he plays EVERY black sargeant in every military movie ever made.
Robert Downey Jr was NOT doing blackface, his character in the movie was doing blackface. It was meant to be inappropriate because it was part of the story.
Preach
A distinction which will be waved aside with a simple, "That doesn't make it better."
People see the words, "RDJ in blackface" and immediately throw out any semblance of context. Pointing it out to them is essentially calling them ignorant (by the literal definition of the word) and they're not, in a million, trillion years, going to agree and say you're right.
@@buca117 i mean does the context make it better? Like its a white man playing a white man in heavy makeup to be black, sure in the story it is seen as extremely wrong but still is the action of putting that in the movies plot racist? Would it have been funnier if they casted a black actor? Or did they need to put a white actor through heavy makeup to look black?
@@ianbrown1810 Yeah, because the former is racist, the latter is a joke at racism's expense.
He's wearing blackface despite the fact that there's a perfectly good black "actor" as part of the cast. They (Tom Cruise's character) did it because they wanted to have a black man on the team while also killing off the black guy first, but didn't trust an actual black man to fill the role.
We the audience are supposed to look at that and laugh, because it's a satirical jab at Hollywood racist hypocrisy.
Basically, it's mocking racism by highlighting it. Or by "starting a conversation," to use the overly sensitive crowd's vernacular.
@@buca117 interesting i still dont know how i totally feel about it, the character i remember being very funny. And i feel not really knowing how to feel about it is part of it
That whole movie is about hollywood hypocracy and self importance. RDJ nailed as did the other actors great movie
Far from great movie😂 Tf white think any movie is funny i SWEAR.
F*** A Username ur whole channel is other peoples videos... dont talk shit 🤣🤣🤦🏻♂️
Loved that movie
I totally agree. RDJ killed that role. One of the best movies ever
@@youcommenttoomuch sounds a little racist that statement.
When Jamie Foxx said he knows sign language, it didn't even surprise me. Foxx is so friggin talented in so many areas.
That shit had me shook. I've watched this interview a handful of times and somehow forgot about that.
This dude can act, sing, perform standup comedy, play piano, speak exceptionally well, and can speak sign language?!
It's like a higher plane of being a human being
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@@TopSoulMan dude was just born to be a performer
@@TopSoulMan dude is top and top of the line superbly good at everything
Frfr I wonder who was his guidance . His mentor
Tom Cruise killed it as the agent in that movie 😂😂
Fr lol. I didn't even recognize till he started doing that stupid dance 😂
Wait what movie??
@@rizot0ny1996 tropic thunder
Yo wait i dont remember tom cruise being in there?
@@SuperVideoman2012 Yeah, he plays Les Grossman
I’m black and mainly liked Tropic Thunder because of RDJ. “I’m the dude playing the dude disguised as another dude!” My favorite line in that movie.
He basically broke the 4th wall
@@MyBahamas242 exactly. Lol
It was so cool
And the underlying joke was pointing out how ridiculous it was for that to happen in the first place.
Nah best one "Never go full retard" lol 😂
I’m African-American/Black. This was NOT offensive to me. Mind you, this was also well before everyone was fake “woke”. It’s a difference in being malicious. He killed the role.
I agree with your opinion and I support it. Good job! 👍
I was always super friendly with random black kids in school, only thing is I would drop the n word with a hard r when greeting and saying goodbye, no one ever got upset, I think it was because I was friendly. Though one kid did want to fight me and I simply didn't, if it wasn't in the school or at my place I wasn't gonna bother, so nothing bad happened technically
'fake woke'. Word
Im really glad to see that not everyone has lost there damn mind!
Facts. And he’s literally playing a white movie actor, who in the movie is playing the role of a black army sergeant. And they have the actual black actor in the movie roast him multiple times. I’m pretty sure everyone who calls it racist hasn’t actually seen the movie, they just see a picture of a black RDJ and start making assumptions without context
Jamie Foxx is low key one of the most talented people in Hollywood but he's so humble about it. he's funny af, unbelievable at impressions, knows sign language, good with music, and obviously a great actor. But basically everyone just knows him as Django, Ray Charles and a couple other movie roles.
Your last sentence is not true at all.
Go and watch his standup, especially his piano bits at the end of shows. He’s a genius.
He’s Dean ‘Motherfucker’ Jones to me.
Had Tropic Thunder not had a black actor as part of the main cast then I could see some people getting angry over RDJ’s character, even though his character was funny. But they had an actual black actor in the main cast and their interactions together were absolutely hysterical. Brandon Jackson played his character’s outrage at the best black role in the war film being played by a white actor so, so well. It was great.
IIRC RDJ was kinda scared and aired the film with the NAACP and they were fine with the character.
Tropic Thunder is one of the few actually funny movies of the past twenty years.
Edit: people seem to forget that the film was a comedy poking fun at actors, producers, talent agents, method acting, the whole nine yards. And damn it was true to life too.
It was an American playing an Australian playing a black American and that’s true acting 😂
"...the dude playing the dude disguised as another dude"
The 4th wall was smashed to pieces with that line lmao
don't forget the Viet 😎👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Now that's inception in acting
Exactly Obama
Ah, a fellow leader, how goes it american?
*"I'm just a dude playing a dude, disguised as another dude."*
"your a dude who dosent know what dude he is!"
Exactly why it was so hilarious 😂 His pretentiousness of it all had me rolling...crying as an Australian hahahah
I am a Rooster Illusion
Theres a song made of these lines. Its amazing. I think its made with the OP-1
It’s just two straight dudes getting married that doesn’t sound very gay
Jamie’s impressions of other people are great 😂
Jamie Foxx is a classy guy. Great singer, great actor, great comedian
Will NEVER have a problem with RDJ in Tropic Thunder. EVER.
Besides, I think WHITE FACE is awesome if done by the right person. MJ was really messed up as a white guy (No joke here. He was legitimately a white guy in a video). But that's great stuff. It needs to be done well.
Samiam 666 - Let the man rip,
Samiam 666 he actually had vitiligo a skin condition that takes away pigment in you skin
@@saryjackson7705 No he played an old white bald guy with glasses in a video/movie.
@@saryjackson7705 lol idiot 😂😂😂
Most black people understood the role RDJ was playing. And we freakin' love RDJ. Simple as that.
Ummm, everyone understood the role he played.
@@Carlos27thFS It was a question of why didn't he catch hell for blackface, outrage that usually starts from black people. I didn't say non-poc didn't understand. So, umm...
@@jaiart6823 yeah, that's what I'm saying. E v e r y o n e understood.
@@Carlos27thFS is something wrong with you or some?
@@Carlos27thFS she wasnt referring to everyone, she was referring to black people and thats also what Jamie Foxx was saying when he said 'We' fucks with RDJr.
He didn’t do blackface. He played an actor that did blackface.
It's weird how people missed that considering his final scene which was the Oscars where RDJ's character was not in blackface, it's clear that he was just playing an Australian actor who's doing a blackface.
That's the genius of it and it just works
Every joke has its comedic timing. The Office is a perfect example of a show. It wouldn't work today if it just came out, but it also wouldn't have worked if it came out ten years before it actually did come out. All great comedy is meant for its current audience, and we really can't be looking backwards or forwards at the repercussions it may have. Some people are ahead of their time, some people are behind, and the most (current) popular ones are thriving in the current times
Why its not completely wrong its overthinking, a good joke is a good joke and can be as intemporal as a good music or so
After watching Tropic Thunder, I just assumed RDJ was doing whiteface in his other movies...
Exactly
😆 😆 Good 1
Hahaha
Lol
He is a better black actor than white.
"Im the dude, playing the dude that's disguised as another dude." - Robert Downey Jr
😂😂😂😂
“Ain’t no Chris Angel mind freak, David Blaine trap horse door jumpin’ off here”
Hihihaha
Shhiiit I don't break character till the movie commentary..... Lmao he didn't!😂😂😂
That man is in his element... Cant wait for different movies.
Robert Downey Jr killed it in that Role so Good that We as Blacks aren't even Mad. He was *Excellent.*
I didn't even know it was RDJ playing that role. Wasn't bothered by it because he did such a fantastic job and it fits so well with the movie.
same here, he did such a good job on that, if he was not in the credits almost nobody would recognize him
Same here. I watched that movie 2 or 3 times before I realized RDJ or Tom Cruise lol
“I’m just a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude!” Lmao!!
Me, i know who i am!
man i don´t drop character until i hav done DVD commentary
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💯🎯
It's "I'm a dude, disguised as a dude that's playing as another dude!"
@@fonzyaksin7881 Ugh… no it’s not! Why don’t go back and listen again, Fonzy! Aaaaaaaa!
Love Jaimie Foxx, he's vey balanced and a great entertainer....
Amazing in every movie.
So damn talented
I hope he is okay someday. Thanks for everything you’ve given us Jamie.
I was thinking the same thing as I watched this. I really do hope he’s ok and that he recovers.
Why is he paralyzed?
@@rockyaldebaran4085From a certain inoculation.
Jamie’s impression of Robert was frightening in how incredibly accurate it was
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@@Jjangbunbun 4:22
@@kevinconsume wow it is spot on lmao thanks
Not as frightening as RDJ doing black face lol.
@@kelseyissastar not frightening what so ever
He’s an American playing an Australian who’s dressed up as a black dude and later pretending to be Vietnamese 😂
He's a dude playin a dude disguised as another dude!
@@jonw7937 I thought he was an opium farmer?
And later became a lead farmer
With a bad Chinese accent.
My favourite bit was the Vietnamese, because he doesn't then pretend to be Vietnamese, he's pretending to be black, pretending to be Vietnamese. So his "black" characteristics and accent came out in the way he pronounced the words. Fucking hilarious. If he didn't get an award for that, he should have.
RDJ didn't do blackface, the actor he was acting as did blackface.
I love RDJ acting in that role. As a black man I can never be mad at something like that when it's not coming from hate. This was pure comedy. I feel the same about that as I do when I'm watching white chicks.. Both were done out of comedy, not Hate.
The character in the movie was doing blackface not him LMAO. Till this day it's one of his funniest movies.
I swear mfers be so stupid
@@jeffdk3837 yeah the only people who seemed to have a problem with it were the ones that didn't see the movie. It's not condoning black face in any way shape or form, it's trying to point out Hollywood's hypocrisy when it comes to race as well as open a dialogue for where exactly the line is for what's considered "offensive".
RDJ's character was just one part of an overarching theme throughout the whole movie. The Simple Jack "never go full retard" ties directly into this too. At what point does an actor appropriating someone else's life stop being art and start being offensive? What is off limits and "too far" and what makes them that way? The movie did an incredible job tackling these questions and most people I've met who have seen it understand that it's deeper than just "haha we made Tony Stark black lmao".
@@DSCris You worded that A lot Better than I could have...............People have FORGOTTEN Comedy & they just wannna be OUTRAGED.......rofl.
H Xen I just learned it was RDJ today
@@DSCris It's not even blackface. Blackface is Al Jolson/Ted Danson.
One of the funniest roles in comedy EVER. “Man I don’t drop character till I done the DVD commentary. 😂
And he really did the commentary in the voice! So good!
Hilarioussss
Ain't nobody gonna do nothin to no one about it!
I never knew that I gotta watch it again with commentary 😂
@@THIS---GUY I did and it was so worth it. Also i never realized how dumb jack black was until I watched the commentary
I'd just love to see Jamie do a movie in Whiteface. I'd watch that 100 times
Didn't he do white chick's?
@@jamalgibson8139 That was the Wayans
So he'd play Michael Jackson.
The movie by eric andre called bad trip all the actors do white face
RDJ wasn't doing blackface, he was playing a character who was doing blackface.
He was just a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude
He wasn’t doing blackface. That whole character was a satire of intense method actors who go to extreme lengths to play a role, and pokes fun at the fact that Hollywood has cast white actors in minority roles.
Scottish Jedi atleast you get it. Most people can’t see past themselves.
The message is clear, but it's still blackface.
@@riotbreaker3506 Not traditional blackface. When I see real blackface i want to rip a white person's head off. RDJ did more of caricature becoming a black person with no ill intent. Very similar to Dave Chapelle doing a white guy. I wouldn't want what he did being confused with true black face but in modern times people put them together. I guess maybe if someone did it his way but with ill intent it would feel just like old school blackface. So in that sense you'd be right.
I believe they mentioned in the commentary track (yes, I listen to them, too) they were essentially making fun of the absurdity of Hollywood and the lengths actors will go for a role. Loved that movie.
I mean yeah. The movie itself has a news segment about how theirs a scandal of a white actor putting on blackface And also the lengths the actor went through to get black skin.
But the character in the movie was doing black face, not him
why does ur pfp fit your comment
@@stopthecap9914 explain
The Rich Effect you know when you say something you think is intellectual and put ur fingers on ur temple like that, it looks like goku’s doing that
@@stopthecap9914 lol
It’s also making fun of actors appropriating black roles. The controversy only comes if you look at Downey’s character at face value
The other joke going on with RDJ’s character was how ridiculous the industry can be with casting. Like John Wayne playing Genghis Khan. A lot of Ben Stillers stuff rides on that theme within other industries too. Like Zoolander.
This topic always makes me laugh as I relate to watching old old westerns from like the 50s, 60s, 70s and almost all the time us Natives were portrayed by caucasians. My pops and I just laughed it off at how dumb they viewed/portrayed us and our way of life and some religion practices/beliefs. Hilarious indeed and we joke about it a lot since we from time to time binge western shows and movies.
Have you read the book Hanta Yo? Do you have any opinions on it?
@Mr. Fingers If you can only play the roles that fit the life you lived, are you even an actor anymore?
@Mr. Fingers I more mean it philosophically, the way people do when they ask the same thing about method actors. If you have to spend a year(or whatever the extended length of timeis) becoming this person and it's a whole process to go back to the person you used to be, are you even acting as them anymore or did you become the character?
At what point does it stop being acting and turn into scripted reality tv? I don't actually have an answer for this, just my opinion.
Same too with East Asians being played by white men in Kong Fu movies.
I was visiting my grandparents and they had a Western on (that was the only thing my grandfather watched anymore) and I was sort of hearing it in the background as we talked and then I looked at it and was shocked. I wanted to know why Geronimo had blue eyes! And my grandfather said that was John Wayne. And I laughed at the ridiculousness of it.
Blackface makes fun of black people, RDJ’s character was making fun of people who do blackface. That’s a HUGE difference.
Not really
Fuck your validation attempts
@@thirdgen377
Validation? Not sure what you mean.
Anyone who finds blackface offensive should go see a therapist, if you ask me (unless it's meant as an insult, ofc)
Blackface doesn't make fun of black people (most of the time anyway), it's often more like an homage / tribute, but since the world is full of idiots...
I'm an atheist and think that religion is cancer... yet I'd gladly dress as Martin Luther King and do blackface, out of respect and admiration.
Now, if your goal in life is to find stuff to be offended about, then you'll probably find a way to consider blackface offensive, regardless of context.
Remember when Eddie Murphy did whiteface in SNL? th-cam.com/video/l_LeJfn_qW0/w-d-xo.html
I'd have to be clinically insane in order to find that video offensive.
@@Goreuncle black face literally is to make fun of black people under the historical context at least.
Jamie Foxx’s impression of Robert Downey JR was on point.
Also his Tarantino impression is gold
Downing? 😂
Walter Slaughter haha, I am dumb.
So good!!
Dowing 😂
OK Jaimie has the absolute best rdj impression😭😭😭
It's a rare treat these days to see two reasonable people having a reasonable discussion.
I remember watching Tropic Thunder and thinking Robert's character was hilarious as hell, was never offended by it.
The joke was, that the character did not know how terrible his performance was.
And the young Black dude in the movie constantly called him out for anything he could. It was definitely hilarious!!
@@Albemarle7 seemed like an exaggeration of any down-home country black man over 50 I've ever encountered.... Which is alot.
I still remember watching it for the first time as a kid and I had no idea who RDJ was. I actually thought he was a black man.
Robert Downey jr wasn’t evening playing a black guy, he was playing a white man who was doing black face for a role. It’s not like they hired him over a black actor. People seem to forget that
"People are always looking for something to be recreationally outraged at."
True.
I’m black and this is so true
I'm outraged that people quote things. 😁
@@Msosbog wow then how are you gonna ever gonna read anything
@@kikiii8150 😂
I read this as soon as he said... wtf xD
It’s easy to jump on celebrities because celebrities are always under a microscope due to the fact they are always on a screen somewhere is what Jamie is trying to say
I thought the black man in Tropic Thunder was a real black man for years until a friend said it was RDJ dressed up. I was gobsmacked.
But they literally point out that he's not even black in the movie multiple times. o_O
@@wayfinder81 but OP never really disclosed if he sat through the whole film or just knew it existed and knew there was “a black man” in it. I’d understand the latter.
@@gonzacollao True, didn't consider that. Good point.
Ok, seriously not trying to offend, genuine question. Did you really watch the movie? RDJ actually plays an Australian white actor who goes through ridiculous lengths to play a black role. It’s discussed multiple times in the film. And we see what he looks like before the transformation and later when he decides to remove his contacts and goes back to speaking like an Australian. They were making fun of Hollywood past of getting white actors to play poc. Did you just see a picture of his character or something?
I think Tropic Thunder did it smart. The joke wasn't that it was a white guy in black face. The joke was meta and about how Hollywood can be so insane they'd cast a white actor to play a black character instead of just hiring a black actor. Which they also point out in the movie. Intent matters.
nothing matters :D have fun. you only live once
Ask Paul Mooney............!
@@astroko Please don't advise people to be less intelligent just because you can't follow what they're saying.
@@jamescarter3196 you're the only one lacking in understanding here friend. He's right.
Hollywood is sexist racist misogynistic and hypocritical. The Hollywood moguls not the actors only care about profits. Fuck your social causes but if they can make money on your social causes they will fleece you and steel your soul to lead you to believe they care
Jamie Fox just casually transformed into a perfect RDJ for a good 15 seconds. That was incredible.
Yeah, just noticed he is pretty solid at doing impressions
@@rosebeforehoes9829 he really is.
Ikr it was great
Ikr
I can’t stop watching it 😂
RDJ’s advice to Bettany on first day of shooting…”Oh Man, you never go full Jarvis”
RDJ in tropic thunder was great😂. He played the part well
Everyone else is talking about how the blackface wasnt racist
I just want to talk about how good Jamie's RDJ impression is
If you think that's something, you should hear my mother's Bernie Sanders impression. It's terrifying in its accuracy and coming from an old woman on top of it.
@@medexamtoolsdotcom um could you possibly upload that because it sounds hilarious lol
It was exceptional. But Jaimie Fox is ridiculously talented so i'm not surprised.
I mean to be fair there was outrage at the movie but it wasnt because of black face but simple jack for making fun of the mentally handicapped.
Thought it was only me💀
4:20 BRO HIS RDJ IMPRESSION WAS JUST 110%
Ohh yeahhhhhh!!!!
4:20 nice
Amazing. If you took away the video nobody would have ever known that wasn't RDJ.
@@Trazgazm yeaaaa ☺
Bro his impression was only 100%, why embellish? Lol
I hope he's doing ok. We can't afford to lose Jamie.
Whaaaa happened
@@Jaa_morant He's suffered a horrendous stroke.
He got the shot.
Ngl, I literally had no idea that that was even Robert Downey Jr. for most of the movie
As a kid I didn't know that was him until I watched it a second time
im ded bro same
Tom Cruise also took me off guard
That's why he didn't get any blowback from it😂 I didn't know either
THATS FUCKING CAP
Can I just say his RDJ impression was really good
It was spot on! xD
It was spot on!
You mean Tony Stark impression
@@philleotardo1500 im.high as shit too brotha. Drug buddies yeahh!
at timea the accent was going in and out but yeah it was accurate to how some people act.
Jamie has perfectly summed up how I feel about people who get outraged at everything little thing celebrities do without ever addressing or trying to change the deeper, underlying issues that are going on. It’s so easy for people to win social justice warrior points on Twitter calling out an actor for something very shallow and quite meaningless in the grand scheme of things.
Jamie is so fucking brilliant. Multitalented, interesting, handsome and just down to earth smart. He’s a guy that’s truly made it and still has the perspective to understand how blessed he is. Deserves everything he’s has and more.
Robert wasn't playing a black guy, he was playing a dude disguised as a dude playing another dude
Nico _ dude.
actually he was playing a dude playing another dude disguised as another dude
Wait I thought he was playing a dude, playing a dude, disguised as a dude, playing another dude?
i was bout to say, that first dude had it all wrong
he was playing a dude disguised as a dude, in the role of a dude.
"People are always looking for something to be recreationally outraged at." I love that phrase. It perfectly sums up a lot of what we see on the internet, especially Twitter.
"recreational outrage" is a phrase I'll definitely be using lol
I was absolutely disgusted to see RDJ becoming successful after he started to do "whiteface" is this what an actor of colour has to endure to achieve success in Hollywood? It's worse than 9/11
Definitely borrowing this quote, Thanks
Facts! 💯
This is what Dave Chappelle talks about all the time
As a black person I loved RDJ in tropic thunder. He was my favourite character. There is black face to insult and there is comedy.
"Someone hit me with the donkey." Thats funny as hell.
FALSE: Robert Downey Jr. was a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude.
Wow thank you for all the likes! This is most like comment in history lmao
01/01/2021
Elijah Gonzales
ABSOLUTELY!
😂😂😂
Elijah Gonzales 😂😂
Elijah Gonzales lmao hell yeah
He knows why but he doesn’t have to tell you
Who would play iron man if tony stark was black?
Robert Downey Jr.
Rhodey was iron man for a long while, when Tony Stark was detoxing. So he can play war machine in the iron man armor.
@@Bizarrejoe Exactly...Rhodey knows how to use the Iron Man suits quite well,let HIM stand in where Iron Man is gone.
Robert Browney Jr
@@simonmurray1557 lmaoo
He could have played Iron Man and War Machine lol
4:35 Technically he didn’t “play the black dude.” He was “a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude.” 😅
Jamie Foxx is spot on with this. People should also know how talented this dude is!!
We'd consider it an honor to have Robert Downy Jr play a Mexican
Gary Lopez facts
Actually Jack Black did it best. Nachooooo.
Ultimate Iron Man (wich inspired some aspects of MCU Iron Man) was actually half latino and named Antonio "Tony" Stark.
@Raging Ebola lol I think fortnight's needing your attention jr.
@Raging Ebola jesus, I'm not border patrol, no need to be scared.
When the Wayans did “White Chicks” that shit was funny AF! No blowback, and there shouldn’t be. Funny shit is funny shit.
White Chicks was abismal though..
@I may have a small penis but, It was a trash comedy. Your taste in movies is about as dull as your username
@@wallysworld8380 hee hee you have a small weenie
@@wallysworld8380 yea, it was so bad that there's a part 2 in the works 🙄
@@josephdestefanojr.3278 Yes, because a sequel means it was a good comedy. You must think Grown Ups is a cinematic masterpiece. 😳
I’m black and have never been offended by blackface even with my understanding of early films in America and our history. I think ignoring our past is troublesome and people back then were taught their way of lives by the powers at be as we do today. And this movie is one of my favorites
I saw a comment along time ago that said “RDJ doing black face works, bc he wasn’t trying to insult or make fun of black people. He was making fun of method actors and the extreme lengths they go to for no reasons”
"I dont drop character til I've done the DVD commentary!"
🤣 One of RDJ's funniest roles for sure.
@@hudldevice1092 "any tips?, any tips?? I'm I'm tryna get there too... but give me that God damn map!!" 😂😂 hell yeah he played the shit out that role lmaoo
I watched the commentary he did the whole thing in character
The commentary was far funnier than the movie
You more shredded than a julienned salad man
Oh my god Jamie Foxx's impression of RDJ is hilariously accurate
You should see his Mike Tyson impression th-cam.com/video/LPPux7lJ570/w-d-xo.html
It kinda sounds like Chapelle's white person impression to me, lol.
It’s hilarious but actually not that exaggerated
Right! He's pretty damn good at impersonations
The guy fucking nails everything. How great would life be if you were as multitalented as Jamie Foxx? Dudes a legend.
Im so glad so many viewers 'got' Robert Downeys role in 'Blackface.' He wasnt so much doing blackface, he was spoofing on those 'Spartan Method Actors' who immerse themselves so deeply in acting. Brilliant, and they had the other guy laughing at him, calling him 'Kangaroo Jack,' etc..
I'm actually black, and RDJ channeled more than one of my uncles literally perfectly, mannerisms, gesticulation, gait, it made me respect him more as an actor, also it was hilarious!
I believe any actor can do any part, as long as they can act the part, they dont have to look it!
Neither of those words are specifically part of "African American vernacular". Gesticulation refers to gestures; often dramatic or animated ones, while gait refers to how one walks and carries themselves physically.
@@leeroberts4850
Margaret Thatcher has been dead for five years... In other news you actually watch Madam Secretary
@@leeroberts4850 Are...you trolling? Use a dictionary, man.
lee Roberts Because those aren't "pop" words, they are actual vocabulary. This isn't slang or anything made up.
As a black male I found it hilarious...i didn't even see it as black face and watched the movie multiple times and still laugh he was the funniest character...people get so butt hurt so easy these days
MeChan Ward that is the way it should be. Most blacks aren't.
MeChan Ward me to
dude that's not true, black people can take jokes just like the rest of us. nobody gave a fuck about RDJ because it was hilarious and about narcissistic actors rather than skin color and everyone got that.
MeChan Ward you realize his character was actually doing blackface tho. Thats the point behind his character it was satire on the fact that hollywood would rather hire a white Australian to play a black guy than an actual black guy
Ty Uzumaki they hired multiple black guys it's not like everyone was white and that one black character was black face
i love tropic thunder im black that was a good damn movie funny as hell
''Recreationally outraged'' sums up most of social media.
Jamie seems like a well grounded sensible guy. Thank fuck.
I hate it when the actors I like turn out to be dicks.
No kidding...especially this past election...so many celebs I use to like senselessly bashing Trump...really disappointing.
A number of anti-American twats that came out of the woodwork during that process, made my movie collection dwindle immediately.
I have to say, being British I didn't have a ring-side seat for the whole Trump thing, but for what I did see I was stunned by the amount of hatred and witch-hunt hysteria thrown against him. It was just blind spitting rage. I figured there'd be a reaction, but I wasn't ready for the scale of it.
I got so much shit for posting online to give the guy a chance. Suddenly I was a racist, sexist, fascist nazi who wanted holocaust 2.0.
It was like Brexit all over again.
Rekaert Maybe you are not qualified to comment on a situation if you are not well versed in the subject. There is a reason people came after you... just saying. Sometimes it's best to stick to what you actually know.
Rekaert have you not heard what he said about django? i wouldnt call him well grounded.
4:22 Jamie Foxx's Robert Downey Jr impression is fucking priceless
scary how close it is
OMG I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS, THANKS
Same voice
For which movie he played mexican?
Jamie Foxx is an awesome actor and comedian!! RDJ was flat out awesome in Tropic Thunder that whole movie was funny AF!!
Robert Downey Jr. nailed it as a black character. I'm not a fan but he nailed it! The character was like a mix between Jesse Jackson and Carl Weather's.
Jamie's got it 100% right. Most of us Black people weren't offended by the character. Robert D did a good job in that movie. Now, it's a different question if a film uses a White actor to play a Black character when there are millions of available Black actors. But, that wasn't the case here. The role called for a White actor who gets so deep into his role that he lives the part of his Black character. Downey killed it. And the reactions from the Black actor in the movie, Brandon Jackson, made it even better.
But wait.... How can you say it's not right to have a white actor play a black character, but its ok to have a black actor play a white character? As we've seen lately with these adaptations of old movies and such. There is a severe disconnect with the whole "equality" thing because it's only considered moving towards equality when you're giving one certain race or gender more opportunities and complaining when another race or gender gets those same opportunities. We don't live in the 40s, 50s, 60s or even 70s anymore. The notion that we're still "so behind" is just absolutely ridiculous. Jamie said it best, people are just constantly looking for things to bitch about, they search out things to be "offended" by. But the fact is, if you get offended by something thats YOUR fault, because you allowed it to affect you.
@@Want2SurfNow yo… I think when it comes to culture appropriation, you don’t understand the difference between a black man playing some shit like a marvel super hero who’s usually white , compared to a film
@@Want2SurfNow What are we waiting for? You're the one that said that, not the previous commenter
@@Want2SurfNow hooked on foniks wercd fur me
@@Want2SurfNow because that is all of hollywood history - and it was based in malicious discriminations. I feel like I'm stating the obvious. Ate the whole pie and when you forced to share the last piece - you want to be like - well lets take turn on the bites... NO - you ate the WHOLE pie! I'm eating this piece. Go Away!
RDJ was making fun of white people that parody black people...he even had a black actor making fun of him as his sidekick in the film.
Dumbass libs don’t understand context or social dialog.
I think it was more making fun of method actors, who stay in character even when they are not filming.
@@thanatosgarvey3701 film was written, made and acted by libs. You think Conservatives make satire criticising racial injustice in Hollywood?
Whatever. It's more Hollywood nonsense, getting away with what no one else can get away with, and people accept the excuses as "parody". yet it always seems to attack the host culture.
Hollywood is trash, it has always been the source of the problem of division, for a reason.
Pop culture is to the mind what refined sugar is to the body. Consume at your own risk
@@thanatosgarvey3701 I'm a leftist. I support RDJ here.
Jamie lee fox is one talented MF
That RDJ impression. LMAO!
4:19 Jesus Christ! That RDJ impression caught me off guard!😲😳
Colli_Wolly holy shit!
Almost spat out my drink!
It was a really good impression!
I watched this just to hear it again its so good.
Jamie is great at impressions.
We, The Black Delegation, propose a trade of Don Lemon for RDJ.
Thats the greatest thing I have read in a long time... 👏👏👏👏
As a representative of the white delegation, we cannot accept this deal. You’ll need a Deshaun Watson type deal for RDJ.
Nah you keep your lemons we have iron man. No deal lol
No thank you hahaha
Comments like this is why the internet was invented!!
When Tropic Thunder came out Ben Stiller took so much crap for Simple Jack it totally overshadowed Downey's blackface.
RDJ wasn't doing "blackface" (putting on makeup to make fun of or to appropriate Black people/culture). He was playing a white guy who was doing blackface. It's a big difference.
The comedy was how inappropriate it was that his character was doing it. Also, that very few people in the movie didn't seem to have a problem with it.
I’m black and the only reason I wasn’t offended by his black face was because when I first watched it, I didn’t realize the black dude was Robert downy jr until about half way through the movie. He did it so well that you can’t even be mad 😂
did u even watch the movie? why would anyone get offended by that? u guys are so sensitive is pathetic
😂same here. Just the other day I saw it again and noticed nick Nolte was In it. Lol
how do you know if it explains he’s a white dude in the beginning
@@jaredbrinkman3343 read the comment again, he never said he didn't realize the actor was white, he didn't realize the actor was rdj
Named Dylan? Okay
Jamie's impression of RDJ was fuckin spot on
All of his impressions in this podcast were great.. Lol.
Mike Tyson, Kanye, Jay Z, Pharrell.. I didn't know he could do that, he's great at it.
Alex G The Kanye one was fucking spot on!
Sigrafix bro he won an oscar for an impersonation pretty much,
Sigrafix That was one of his claims to fame as a comedian! He can do crazy impressions... go watch some of his early stand up
You're right.. Ray was a great movie and he was pretty damn good at singing like Ray.. but I thought that was just coincidence that he had the right voice talent plus his skills as an actor.. I didn't know he was an impressionist capable of doing several voices and shit.. that's cool.
The fact MOST black people had no issue with this and was well understood the sarcasm the role itself was potraying of how elite Hollywood actors take themsleves too seriously is completely lost on all these woke mainstream outlets lmao
The only ones causing racism is them.
Kirk Lazarus in Tropic Thunder works so well because it's not just Robert Downey Jr playing an authentic black dude, it's RDJ playing an eccentric white actor playing a black dude. So it's through that lens of double or triple lampooning.
"I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude!"
RDJ was a dude, playin a dude, playin a dude, disguised as another dude. Who also was a Vietnamese farmer
That was the other dude.
supersheets12 the Vietnamese farmer was the disguised dude
Correction: LEAD FARMER
@@chillo5687 I'm outraged about the unrecognized plight of the Vietnamese lead farmers. Lead is bad for children.
What an original comment.
RDJ’s role in tropic thunder was a critique of method actors
And it was scathingly accurate
This is The Joe Rogan EXPERIENCE. It's meant to be an escape from reality, accuracy, and context
@@dylanbrocks You just described almost all forms of social media, not just joe rogan.
As a teen I had no idea he wasn't actually a black man playing this role lol. I also didnt know who RDJ was either. And when it sunk in, I still didn't care. It was an epic performance.
It also feels like an ahead of it's time critique of whitewashing movie roles.
@@nightmarefanatic1819 it really was
Robert looks good w Brown skin. His Makeup artist was on point😂