I think this is the best and simplest interpretation I have seen. Like we can't have racist or sexist characters in movies anymore? People like this actually exist. There's nothing wrong with depicting people in movies. It's called acting. It's not there to convince people to be racist. It's there to depict a thing that actually happens.
Solomon Parker it’s just insane to me that that actually needs to be explained to people lol. It’s kind of the same situation with our statues and history here in the US 🇺🇸, I’m 19 and it really seems like everyone my age doesn’t understand that there was no such thing as “political correctness” before the 21st century. Literally EVERYONE was racist, so we as a society would basically have to throw away our whole country to make some of these people “happy” even though they wouldn’t be happy, they’d still find something to complain about. There’s nothing wrong with a little racism in movies or history, it’s actually very beneficial to us especially for the people that believe that racism isn’t a thing anymore.
Not even that. The character he was playing wasn't a racist slave owner. He was playing a dude disguised as a dude playing another dude. There is literally nothing to get offended about.
I’m a black man and I’ve watched and laughed at Tropic Thunder multiple times. I wasn’t offended in the least by Downey’s blackface character and neither was any of my friends or family members. We just saw it as funny, we laughed and enjoyed the movie. It’s comedy!
I'm black and the reason I didn't found his role to be offensive is because I didn't know that was RDJ till about halfway through the movie. He did it so flawlessly as a black dude, you seriously can't be mad 😂
Right, Downey was playing an actor who was playing a role (a movie inside a movie). He was making fun of that fictional character who was acting out a role. So he wasn't making fun of black people in any way. He was making fun of a fictional actor attempting to play a black person with makeup.
Robert Downey Jr playing an over the top Australian method actor playing a poorly stereotype of a black man speaking terrible Mandarin is one of the greatest moments of social satire in cinema history.
I'm a 74 year old Black woman from Chicago, now living in Houston. Tropic Thunder is a classic, ground breaking comedy. Simple Jack... come on!! Get a sense of humor. There's plenty of shit to be upset about. Robert Downey killed that role, and it was funny as Hell. 😂😂❤😂😂
I am glad you specified your A/S/L for relevancy. If you were from Houston but now living in Chicago or God Forbid 68 and living in St. Louis I would not have bothered to read your opinion on the matter.
You ma'am are quite good at the internet for your age. Like actually typing a legit well thought out message in the comment section of a TH-cam video... Most your age cant find the app among 10+ home screens 😂🫡
Robert Downey Jr wasnt using black face in Tropic Thunder to degrade black people he was playing an character who was stupid enough to think he could play any character because his ego was off the charts. He wasn't pretending to be a black person he was pretending to be a stupid actor. Its brilliant and not racism.
Just like Blazing Saddles used over-the-top absurd racism to show just how stupid racism is, he used over-the-top absurd blackface to show just how stupid BlackFace is.
@@RobwLPOC I'm so glad I came to these comments to see this insight being noticed by other human beings. Watching Rogan attempt to take it down the whole "ah everyone is such a snowflake" path and RDJ subtly and smoothly cutting it off with his very unoffensive rebuttal was the highlight of this video for me. Rogan is seeminly obsessed with making everything about snowflakes, or whatever. Very sad.
@@daxpwnsyouall well that is because there are nothing but snowflakes walking around, acting outraged when they get offended by everything. kids these days think racism is the absolute worst sin in the history of mankind. it is so pathetic how this world is now. we murder our babies by the millions, but dont you dare use a racial slur.
@@RobwLPOC as being half black I totally agree but the problem is the ones who want to do it to be racist use that defense to do things with negative intentions. But this movie is probably my top 5 favorite comedies.
I've never found ANYTHING, in Tropic Thunder, to be offensive. It's literally making fun of actors and how they do these offensive things sometimes just for money. Not only that, this is one of the funniest movies of ALL TIME. If not THE funniest. Definitely one of my favorites movies ever. It's timeless and I can rewatch it over and over 😂 props to RDJ for taking the role and doing wonders with it!!
Thanks for dumbing down the exact point RDJ made in his clip. Thanks ,cause I'm sure there are people who watched this clip who didn't understand. Like Rogan himself.
@@UlyssesM because the movie was a well directed comedy that happened to have an entertaining all male cast. stop looking for enemies where there isn't
@@UlyssesM because the movie was a well directed comedy that happened to have an entertaining all male cast. stop looking for enemies where there isn't
Tropic Thunder was a perfectly made movie. “What do you mean you people?” “What do YOU mean what do you mean you people?” Might be the funniest exchange ever.
As a black person I will say it’s one of my favorite “black” rolls ever played ! I legit laugh at the jokes like I’ve never heard them every time I see the movie. Probably RDJ best rolls in my opinion.
His character in Tropic Thunder was a great crossover comedy for generations. My father still refers to Robert's character in that film, as do my siblings who are 12 years younger than myself. I'm 35. Fantastic film. Fun, clever, silly, memorable.
@@tittiecheese until the credits came on. Then he switched to Kirk Lazarus. When the credits end, he's RDJ again. I'm glad he got clean so he can be in more than one movie every 5 years. He's seriously talented.
That movie was freaking humorous. Funny as heck. As a black person, I took no offense to RDJ . The movie purpose was to point out the hypocrisy. Seriously no black person ever took offense. I am so tired of all this PC and faux outrage.
RIGHT lmaoooo the irony they had a rapper who was larger than life who was hiding his true sexuality too.. i mean technically the movie was too forward thinking LOL
Yes 👍 when I saw the fake trailers I said to myself: this is too funny, please don’t stop. It took some time till the audience got it but after that it was a laugh fest. Starship Troopers is also a great parody movie. I also saw that in the theater, but it’s harder to get that if you don’t know some history.
He also dressed as an Asian in the movie, but no one is offended by that. He wasn’t making fun of a black guy he was making fun of actors who get to into their roles.
At that point he was acting as an Australian playing a black dude dressed as an Asian.... just to be clear - the inception layers to his character in that movie
As Black woman, I personally think Tropic Thunder is utterly hilarious! I speak for myself and with no intent to invalidate opposing opinions. I simply don’t see anything offensive in Tropic Thunder; it’s extremely well done top tier comedy. The same way Dan Akroyd’s Rastafarian portrayal in Trading Places is pure golden classic hilarious comedy
Your problem isn't black people, your problem is the white liberal types who feel that they've got to get outraged over these matters and white Knight for the black population.
Yeah, wont make sense for a black guy playing a white guy, playing a black guy and then re appears to be as a white guy towards the end of a movie.. lol
@@felinegoodstudios2755 I agree Blackface is wrong 100% and i bet all people commenting here will agree. The fact is, blackface was not portrayed by RDJ in Tropic Thunder whatsoever. The character he played was to take the piss out of method actors.
@DillonJ the entire point of it is that it is EXTREMELY offensive, and it was meant to be offensive to the producers who do shit like cast a white person in like an asain role and try to highlight that there is a major issue with the way the industry was treating people, how about this, go find a bunch of black people and ask them if they thought it was offensive that someone was calling to light the blatant racism going on
@DillonJ It's the context. Not that it was in a movie, but that the whole joke is that actors are so out of touch with reality that they can't see why it's wrong for him to do "method acting" which is just a racist black face. It's literally a point in the movie that the people get offended by it. IT'S MAKING FUN OF PEOPLE WHO DO BLACK FACE. Watch the damn movie before throwing accusations. It's like saying any white actor who says the N word in a movie in any context including historical, is racist.
BeatBox You.Lunch Give me a “for instance.” Watch Gervais’ Golden Globes monologue, then apply it to yourself. You’re in no position to tell people what they should or shouldn’t do. Shut the fuck up, climb down off your high horse, and we’ll all get on with our day.
Tropic Thunder is without question, the funniest comedy made over the last 40 years. It is on par with anything that Mel Brooks directed, and Richard Pryor wrote. It is comedy genius done at no one's expense! There are no "victims" in this movie, only participants.
As a black man, I knew in my heart when I saw RDJ in Tropic Thunder that he had to have spent real quality time with old black men. I loved it. And Brandon T Jackson kept it all grounded.
@@B3Smooth yeah it’s like, white SJW and BLM protesters only get triggered by this. Showed the movie to my black best friend and he just laughed his ass off.
This was one of those situations where years later someone had to tell me I'm supposed to be offended. I saw the movie, it didn't bother me. I'm not going to get worked up because YOU don't like it.
Becuase even if you dont like ridiculous films like tropic thunder those typa movies made my childhood they made me know how to let go of giving a shit about meaningless stuff in life and know how when to take a joke people cant seem to do that today except for yall in this comment section I love yall
Fuckin Genius. That dudes a fuckin Actor. He plays everyone and none are the same I'm sorry to black folks but Denzel is not an actor. Plays the same roll in everyfuckin movie
Every black person I've met that's seen this movie has fallen into 1 of 3 categories: 1. They thought his character was funny 2. They thought his impression was so spot-on, they didn't know he wasn't black. 3. Both 1 & 2.
Robert Downey, Jr., said something that really struck me. He said what’s in my heart. What’s in my heart. I’ve grown up with a lot of different characters as we all have, and some of them get leeway to do this kind of thing. Why? Because we know what’s in their heart. Because they don’t really want to do harm to anybody. You don’t mess with an actor who cares.
My first time ever seeing Robert Downey jr in a movie was tropic thunder. Imagine me having to come to grips with a white Robert Downey jr in iron man lmao
One of the funniest parts of the movie was Danny Mcbride in the tower, setting up the explosives and working with two natives, screaming back at the director... " Get me someone up here that speaks Amercian!"
Robert Downey Jr. 💓 He's the most real, been there done that, doesn't try to act better than others, he is actually a human and he kicks ass at what he does.
The best part of Tropic Thunder was RDJ, but a very close 2nd was Brandon T Jackson and his responses to RDJ. He sold is and made that movie even more hilarious.
I’m a black man and I wasn’t offended it was hilarious. Granted I was a teen when it came out but regardless was never offended the movie is hilarious. Ben Stiller’s swan song tbh.
As a black man, I can honestly say I absolutely loved this movie and was in no way offended by RDJr’s portrayal! It was meant to be a spoof and it was hilarious! Not only that, but the acting was great! Still a classic comedy to this day! Great comedic film, the whole cast was awesome!
I'm white and I found the movie to be funny. If you laugh at racism, that's like the definition of anti-racism. If you see a trope and think, "yep that's how THEY are", you're racist. And if you get offended just because it has anything to do with race at all, you are a sheep.
I'm glad rdj pointed out the movie is a bashing on Hollywood. He's not playing a black man obviously to mock him it's saying how ridiculously over the top some actors take themselves w/ the over doing of the method acting. Brando of course did it to perfection but unlike some actors like bale he didnt stay in character off shooting. Even though a Christian bale had made a speilberg movie as a child actor & was in newsies when he took on his main stream star making performance in American pycho on the set while shooting he never dropped his American accent so at the end when of shooting bale started talking again in his native English accent & the crew was surprised & confused that he really wasn't an American accented actor.
@@TH-camr-lv6eh I don't think so. You don't think some black people got offended??? Of course some did. I think a more accurate statement would be that, only "leftists" got offended.
@@PhillColl1ns I'm gonna have to respectfully disagree, and say that it absolutely IS political affiliation. Completely and totally. I guarantee you no conservatives got offended, black or white. I promise you, black white and brown people got offended and they were without a doubt all leftists.
@@PhillColl1ns I don't think we can have a serious conversation about this. You're gonna tell me that you think ANY conservatives got offended by this? No, my friend. The only people that got offended by something this trivial, are leftists. I'll stake my life on it. Have a good one.
As a black person, I cannot explain why RDJ's portrayal is very funny, yet inoffensive. Reminiscent of how Mel Brooks made comedy about race work for him
I'd say it's because he does everything that you could see your average black dad doing in that situation. No exaggeration because he is genuinely appreciative about the culture he's portraying, not just trying to make it look excessive and dumb.
The secret ingredient to all of this is the "not taking yourself seriously" angle that everything Mel Brooks (and Tropic Thunder) did. It's a parody. It's a spoof. It's intended to be satire. It didn't try to be something it wasn't. It didn't try to take itself seriously and actually play blackface in a "serious" way. I think society has always had openings for satire and parody. We haven't lost that. Tropic Thunder could easily be made in today's hypersensitive culture, as long as the director/actor/actresses do it with, like RDJ says, "with your heart in the right place." Which means if you approach it like satire and execute it like satire, then it'll nail the message/meaning. You'll never satisfy 100% of people. Offense-taking is unavoidable. But the overwhelming majority of Americans (and the world) still has plenty of heart and stomach for satire. It ain't going anywhere. Mel Brooks is a legend specifically because his life's work was pointing at and poking fun at people who take themselves too seriously. If anything, more satire is needed now. So not only do I think Sgt Lincoln Osiris could be done again in today's culture, it would actually be widely successful directly because of how sensitive culture appears to be atm. Counter-culture will never not be a thing.
The fact that they sat down and wrote this script and committed to it takes way more balls than 99.999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% of people have. I would be terrified 😂
Whenever I watch that movie and that scene comes on, I just start busting my gut, then he says that line and I die. Every single time! I've been a Zombie, and ghost since 2008.
What a great movie! As for RDJ, for a while in the movie I had no idea it was him. Then, the realization of him portraying an AA actor just added to the movie about the silliness about the movie industry. Plus, I loved Tom Cruise in it. He was tremendous! I loved what he did afterwards during the credits. [Edited for grammar.]
Killer killer comedy. Tropic Thunder was so good... every character had their own stand out moments. Robert was right it was stupidedly masterfully done.
As a fellow Black person and as a part of the Black community, we accept Brother Robert Downey Jr. as a part of our community. He did his thang with that role. My granddad acted just like that. I forgot he was White. I don’t know any Black people that was offended by that 😂
Never laughed so hard at a movie ever, every character nailed there roll, jack black, tom cruise, Matthew McConaughey, ben Stiller, Danny McBride...... shit such a good movie
They weren't making fun of the races but making fun of the actors who were trying to be method. Great movie and Robert's roll was done excellent... I may start saying "never go full retard".
Yeah but joe is really forcing it. Like that was something really different and like we got the joke and it wasn’t disrespectful. Joe saying people will be cheering is a fucking force. No more blackface and I’m not even a black guy but it’s so disgusting and there’s other jokes he nailed we got NO MORE!
He wasn’t doing Blackface, He was a dude, playing a dude, disguised as another dude.
Technically he was a dude, playing a dude, who was a dude, playing another dude, disguised as another dude
Great line yo........classic
Word, Leigh. ....word.
It's an insult to call his character blackface.
The dude abides.
"You're the dude that dont know which dude he is"
Being offended by Robert Downey Jr playing an actor who is doing blackface is like being offended by Leonardo DiCaprio being racist in Django.
I think this is the best and simplest interpretation I have seen.
Like we can't have racist or sexist characters in movies anymore? People like this actually exist. There's nothing wrong with depicting people in movies. It's called acting. It's not there to convince people to be racist. It's there to depict a thing that actually happens.
word
Solomon Parker it’s just insane to me that that actually needs to be explained to people lol. It’s kind of the same situation with our statues and history here in the US 🇺🇸, I’m 19 and it really seems like everyone my age doesn’t understand that there was no such thing as “political correctness” before the 21st century. Literally EVERYONE was racist, so we as a society would basically have to throw away our whole country to make some of these people “happy” even though they wouldn’t be happy, they’d still find something to complain about. There’s nothing wrong with a little racism in movies or history, it’s actually very beneficial to us especially for the people that believe that racism isn’t a thing anymore.
Wow, what an apt comparison...
Not even that. The character he was playing wasn't a racist slave owner. He was playing a dude disguised as a dude playing another dude. There is literally nothing to get offended about.
I’m a black man and I’ve watched and laughed at Tropic Thunder multiple times. I wasn’t offended in the least by Downey’s blackface character and neither was any of my friends or family members. We just saw it as funny, we laughed and enjoyed the movie. It’s comedy!
I'm black and the reason I didn't found his role to be offensive is because I didn't know that was RDJ till about halfway through the movie. He did it so flawlessly as a black dude, you seriously can't be mad 😂
Right.. His character was very funny... I really enjoyed that movie...
Right, Downey was playing an actor who was playing a role (a movie inside a movie). He was making fun of that fictional character who was acting out a role. So he wasn't making fun of black people in any way. He was making fun of a fictional actor attempting to play a black person with makeup.
@@Bjork4sjust like white chick's was very funny, like Dave Chappell said "I don't wanna live in a world where we can't have jokes"
No black person I know of was offended by it. He was in brown face, not black face 😂😂😂.
Robert Downey Jr playing an over the top Australian method actor playing a poorly stereotype of a black man speaking terrible Mandarin is one of the greatest moments of social satire in cinema history.
As a black man I'm not offended 1. 2 honestly until the end of the film I was convinced he was an actual black man like no jokes he had me convinced
I didn’t even know he was in the movie till I looked it up to see what character he played
Unathi Mankosi same!! When it said it was RDJ I was like “wtf!”
Me too. 3/4 of the movie and I'm suspecting something...
Unathi Mankosi I’m assuming you showed up 15min late to the movie. Cuz it shows him getting the makeup in the beginning lol
Me 2 bra.
As a black man, this is still to this day, one of the funniest movies I’ve ever seen. The only thing I’m mad about is that, there hasn’t been a sequel
Agreed RDJ’s character was the best thing about the movie... along with Tom Cruise. Can’t forget Les Grossman
Comedy sequels rarely works, so that’s not really a bad thing
Tyler Mickens wait wait wait... what do you mean you people😂😂
As a black man, no one gives a fuck your black, and no one gives a fuck if I'm black, why cuz it really don't matter..
Tyler Mickens It’s ok man. There’s millions of people of all colours who’ll get offended on your behalf if you can’t find it within yourself.
I'm a 74 year old Black woman from Chicago, now living in Houston. Tropic Thunder is a classic, ground breaking comedy. Simple Jack... come on!! Get a sense of humor. There's plenty of shit to be upset about. Robert Downey killed that role, and it was funny as Hell. 😂😂❤😂😂
Great comment.
I am glad you specified your A/S/L for relevancy.
If you were from Houston but now living in Chicago or God Forbid 68 and living in St. Louis I would not have bothered to read your opinion on the matter.
Ma'am "you mmm mmm make me happy."😂
You ma'am are quite good at the internet for your age. Like actually typing a legit well thought out message in the comment section of a TH-cam video... Most your age cant find the app among 10+ home screens 😂🫡
"she" probably a 24 yr white guy from Florida just trying to make a point 😂
Tom Cruises character in Tropic Thunder is one of the greatest things in cinema history.
Na it was cheese unlike rdjr’s
@@OleHickory69 No. Just no. Go and sit over there.
First of all take a step back and literally...fuck your own face 🤣 best line everrrrr
R u for real loll or is this a joke I don’t get ..
Totally agree . TC nailed his part . Funniest role he has ever had. And the weird thing is , i never guessed it was him until the credits rolled
The greatest Australian African American actor of his generation.
Ralph Muskinyaar It’s true
Charlize Theron is the greatest African American actress...
😂
The only thing missing was Dingo eating his baby
😂😭
Robert Downey Jr wasnt using black face in Tropic Thunder to degrade black people he was playing an character who was stupid enough to think he could play any character because his ego was off the charts. He wasn't pretending to be a black person he was pretending to be a stupid actor. Its brilliant and not racism.
Just like Blazing Saddles used over-the-top absurd racism to show just how stupid racism is, he used over-the-top absurd blackface to show just how stupid BlackFace is.
@@RobwLPOC I'm so glad I came to these comments to see this insight being noticed by other human beings. Watching Rogan attempt to take it down the whole "ah everyone is such a snowflake" path and RDJ subtly and smoothly cutting it off with his very unoffensive rebuttal was the highlight of this video for me. Rogan is seeminly obsessed with making everything about snowflakes, or whatever. Very sad.
@@daxpwnsyouall well that is because there are nothing but snowflakes walking around, acting outraged when they get offended by everything. kids these days think racism is the absolute worst sin in the history of mankind. it is so pathetic how this world is now. we murder our babies by the millions, but dont you dare use a racial slur.
@@RobwLPOC as being half black I totally agree but the problem is the ones who want to do it to be racist use that defense to do things with negative intentions. But this movie is probably my top 5 favorite comedies.
Thats bs. You dont need to make all of these justifications and defend him. He was just making a funny film and doing a great comedic performance
I've never found ANYTHING, in Tropic Thunder, to be offensive. It's literally making fun of actors and how they do these offensive things sometimes just for money. Not only that, this is one of the funniest movies of ALL TIME. If not THE funniest. Definitely one of my favorites movies ever. It's timeless and I can rewatch it over and over 😂 props to RDJ for taking the role and doing wonders with it!!
I agree 💯
Not for the money. The "groundbraking" performances of a Kirk Lazarus and Sean Penn are for the Academy award.
It's not offensive because it wasn't portrayed offensively.
Thanks for dumbing down the exact point RDJ made in his clip. Thanks ,cause I'm sure there are people who watched this clip who didn't understand. Like Rogan himself.
It's similar to "Jo Jo Rabbit". It treads a fine line and succeeds. It actually takes a lot of sensitivity to do that.
That movie was a masterpiece. Ben Stiller deserves a lot of credit for getting such an ensemble of incredible male comedic talent.
Do you agree that Tropic Thunder is even better than Scary Movie? 😍
Don't know why you had to put the world male in there but alright. Just seems odd.
@@UlyssesM because the movie was a well directed comedy that happened to have an entertaining all male cast. stop looking for enemies where there isn't
@@UlyssesM because the movie was a well directed comedy that happened to have an entertaining all male cast. stop looking for enemies where there isn't
Ulysses is clearly a nervous lil boy playin with his di*k
Tropic Thunder was a perfectly made movie. “What do you mean you people?” “What do YOU mean what do you mean you people?” Might be the funniest exchange ever.
HUH?!
When RDJ replies "huh?!" And turns around quickly I just start dying lmfaoooo
Still cant forget "i know what dude i am. Im a dude playing a dude, disguised as another dude"
i was at work today... thought about that, laughed my pooty off...... was like, they r going to think i am crazy on the cameras lol
Yeah
“We’re supposed to be a unit.”
“You can suck my unit”
Best rdj quote ever
"Cuz we tired of being ya trail donkeys! Actin like you some one man GPS!"
@@redbarbarian we lost man we super fuckin lost
👏👏😂😂
the quote is "suck my unit". thats ok i just watched this movie 20 times more than you.
I literally laughed out loud remembering that scene 😂
As a black person I will say it’s one of my favorite “black” rolls ever played ! I legit laugh at the jokes like I’ve never heard them every time I see the movie. Probably RDJ best rolls in my opinion.
I think u don’t remember it quit because rdj played a character who did blackface he didn’t play a black character that’s why it is funny
@Muhammed Aksoy RDJ is playing Kirk Lazarus, whois the white guy. Kirk Lazarus plays the black soldier in the war movie. It's brilliant
@@DN..11 I know that’s what I said
@@muhammedaksoy9604 meant to tag other guy my b
@@DN..11 no problem
His character in Tropic Thunder was a great crossover comedy for generations. My father still refers to Robert's character in that film, as do my siblings who are 12 years younger than myself. I'm 35. Fantastic film. Fun, clever, silly, memorable.
"I don't drop character 'til I've done the DVD commentary."
I have the dvd, and I watched the movie until the end with the commentary on. He really didn't😏
The extras on the DVD are LIFE. RDJ in character through the whole thing, and a whole bit about him getting into character.
Go to my page, i have a clip of that commentary.
IJN Yamato 🤣🤣🤣
The best part is when he switches to the Vietnamese farmer and screams “ElectrolytAH!!!”
I laughed for several minutes.
"I don't break character till the DVD commentary"
Listen to the commentary, he didn't!
Until the very end lol
Binch9T6 🤣😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@tittiecheese until the credits came on. Then he switched to Kirk Lazarus. When the credits end, he's RDJ again. I'm glad he got clean so he can be in more than one movie every 5 years. He's seriously talented.
Tropic Thunder is an absolute favorite. Robert Downey Jr. was so freakin’ hilarious. This is one of those movies that will never get old.
Do you agree that Tropic Thunder is even better than Scary Movie? 😍
One of the best actors and life stories from quitting drugs after so many years. Legend
The guy hates that this has to be brought up everytime he is praised.
@@lexismith3670 I'll remember to bring that up next time I see him.
@@eriklarson9137 Its a good thing he wont be talking to ur ass then 😁
😂@@eriklarson9137
I made a tongue-in-cheek joke about this, but like simple jack, imma catch mad flak about it.
That movie was freaking humorous. Funny as heck. As a black person, I took no offense to RDJ . The movie purpose was to point out the hypocrisy. Seriously no black person ever took offense. I am so tired of all this PC and faux outrage.
RIGHT lmaoooo the irony they had a rapper who was larger than life who was hiding his true sexuality too.. i mean technically the movie was too forward thinking LOL
He was dude playing a dude playing a dude by another dude.
I agree. The PC garbage is killing comedy.
I had a friend who legit thought he was a real black guy and couldn’t comprehend the scene where he’s removing his makeup.
Shut up & stop looking for acceptance 🤣
I forgot R.D. wasn't a black guy for about 90% of the movie.
I forgot RDJ wasn't Hugh Jackman for about 90% of this clip.
@@1075twist - he don't anything like wolverine, stfu
@@violent_bebop9687 great use of vocabulary friend. Your thoughts really connect with me
@@violent_bebop9687 what was the need for stfu?
It took me a while to realise that it was RDJ too
That was the first time I ever saw RDJ in a movie and I thought he was legit black, I was laughing my ass off when I saw Iron Man that same year
This comment has me in tears 😂😂
LMAOO 🤣
I've never laughed as hard or as long as when seeing "Tropic Thunder" in the theater.
Yes 👍 when I saw the fake trailers I said to myself: this is too funny, please don’t stop. It took some time till the audience got it but after that it was a laugh fest. Starship Troopers is also a great parody movie. I also saw that in the theater, but it’s harder to get that if you don’t know some history.
"I don't break character until i have to do the DVD commentary" - RDJ
I legit just spit out my fucking cereal lmfao. Thank you.
@Rob Melrose as both Lincoln and Kurt
"I don't drop character 'til I've done the DVD commentary" 😊
hmm.. so how could you explain that round thing on his chest?
Weren't no cellphones in 69 I'm head to toe legitimate
He also dressed as an Asian in the movie, but no one is offended by that. He wasn’t making fun of a black guy he was making fun of actors who get to into their roles.
At that point he was acting as an Australian playing a black dude dressed as an Asian.... just to be clear - the inception layers to his character in that movie
@@Cobreezyy06 are you saying he was dude, playing a dude...disguised as another dude?
BurgerDan couldn’t have said it better myself
*A DUDE PLAYING A DUDE DISGUSED AS ANOTHER DUDE*
*Cough cough* Jared Leto
As Black woman, I personally think Tropic Thunder is utterly hilarious! I speak for myself and with no intent to invalidate opposing opinions. I simply don’t see anything offensive in Tropic Thunder; it’s extremely well done top tier comedy. The same way Dan Akroyd’s Rastafarian portrayal in Trading Places is pure golden classic hilarious comedy
It’s a sad day when we lose our humour. ❤️ to you,
yes!
Your problem isn't black people, your problem is the white liberal types who feel that they've got to get outraged over these matters and white Knight for the black population.
Its conversations like this one that makes the Rogan show so great. So candid and loose. Honest and fun. Love this segment.
He wasn't playing a black character, he was playing a pretentious actor playing a black character.
And that's the difference.
I can only imagine Ben Stiller figuring out how to make that happen lol
no, he was a dude playing a dude, disguised as another dude.
Yeah, wont make sense for a black guy playing a white guy, playing a black guy and then re appears to be as a white guy towards the end of a movie.. lol
@@felinegoodstudios2755 I agree Blackface is wrong 100% and i bet all people commenting here will agree. The fact is, blackface was not portrayed by RDJ in Tropic Thunder whatsoever. The character he played was to take the piss out of method actors.
Yeah, he was playing an Australian actor playing a black soldier.
RDJ did not do black face, he was playing a an actor who was doing black face.
DillonJ because he did nothing wrong and its a movie
@DillonJ the entire point of it is that it is EXTREMELY offensive, and it was meant to be offensive to the producers who do shit like cast a white person in like an asain role and try to highlight that there is a major issue with the way the industry was treating people, how about this, go find a bunch of black people and ask them if they thought it was offensive that someone was calling to light the blatant racism going on
@DillonJ It's the context. Not that it was in a movie, but that the whole joke is that actors are so out of touch with reality that they can't see why it's wrong for him to do "method acting" which is just a racist black face. It's literally a point in the movie that the people get offended by it. IT'S MAKING FUN OF PEOPLE WHO DO BLACK FACE. Watch the damn movie before throwing accusations. It's like saying any white actor who says the N word in a movie in any context including historical, is racist.
DillonJ check context
DillonJ watch the movie before you keep embarrassing yourself dude. The whole point of the movie is against people who do that
Tropic Thunder is brilliant. One of the funniest, most original films in recent memory.
It’s actually really cool to see a really famous person on this podcast but also talk about one of his best roles that no one asks him about.
"For 400 years, that word has kept us down" .... This line alone deserves an Oscar
Im a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude
Europeans were enslaved by africans for 700-1500 years but everyone seems to forget that
Maaaaaan that’s the theme song to the Jefferson’s
Now we up in the big leagues...
@@cierrakovarik4152 just cause its a theme song don't make it not true
If we can’t laugh at ourselves we can’t live. The world needs to chill.
Ethiopian Dancing Goat Herder some shit ain't funny
BeatBox You.Lunch funny is very subjective to the listener. So some things for YOU aren’t funny you meant.
Ethiopian Dancing Goat Herder the world? Or “them”?
BeatBox You.Lunch Give me a “for instance.”
Watch Gervais’ Golden Globes monologue, then apply it to yourself.
You’re in no position to tell people what they should or shouldn’t do. Shut the fuck up, climb down off your high horse, and we’ll all get on with our day.
@@boxout90 just because you dont find something funny doesnt mean it's not a joke
For me, theorically, the 2020 year began in march 2020 instead of january. This video still has 2019 vibes. 2019 miss you so much.
Tropic Thunder is without question, the funniest comedy made over the last 40 years. It is on par with anything that Mel Brooks directed, and Richard Pryor wrote. It is comedy genius done at no one's expense! There are no "victims" in this movie, only participants.
Do you agree that Tropic Thunder is even better than Scary Movie? 😍
@@Julia-p7q-b4t That's a great comedy, no doubt.
As a black man, I knew in my heart when I saw RDJ in Tropic Thunder that he had to have spent real quality time with old black men. I loved it. And Brandon T Jackson kept it all grounded.
Exactly. Nobody black got offended by this
@@B3Smooth yeah it’s like, white SJW and BLM protesters only get triggered by this. Showed the movie to my black best friend and he just laughed his ass off.
This was one of those situations where years later someone had to tell me I'm supposed to be offended.
I saw the movie, it didn't bother me. I'm not going to get worked up because YOU don't like it.
For 400 years...
@@lgchamp1999 I’m a hardcore fight the power black this was made for me lol
“We’re supposed to be a unit”....
“Suck my unit”
I freaking love that line. That whole scene is amazing.
“We’re lost WE’RE FUCKIN SUPER LOST MAN”
Best line ever
The whole movie is stellar
Classic
😂😂😂
I'm very black...I watch tropic thunder at least 3 times every 2 months 😂 favorite character of all time... Lincoln Osiris 💯💯💯
Very black, as opposed to kinda black? Haha
rjd did such a good job people are leading with how black they are in the comments.
Man I love seeing the evolution imagine Robert Downey Jr 25 years ago and now we all grow older and hopefully we all go wiser and smarter
“I get to be black for a summer”.
Yes. Yes Robert.
Take a seat...
Mace Windu This deal keeps getting worse all the time!
So glad i found the black section of the comments
I mean Mace windu survived!
A Sith Lord?
I just realized RDJ was NOMINATED FOR AN OSCAR FOR THIS ROLE.
@Vitruvius Antarchius lmao gotta love the way the boomers aged
Cyan Scar umm I believe they're too afraid to offend millennials, get canceled, and drive down their profits.
Becuase even if you dont like ridiculous films like tropic thunder those typa movies made my childhood they made me know how to let go of giving a shit about meaningless stuff in life and know how when to take a joke people cant seem to do that today except for yall in this comment section I love yall
TUME 1 yeah they're afraid to lose profits. That's literally what I just said stupid fuck
RDJ wasn’t wearing blackface in tropic thunder.
His character was.
Tropic Thunder is our generations Blazing Saddles.
Well said my friend
“Now you go do that voodoo that you do so well” is what I’d say to those directors becaus I need another classic comedy
Tropic Thunder was one of the funniest movies of my adolescence
I'm a black man and I'd pay to see him reprise his role in Tropic Thunder, no question!
Same
same, RDJ made that movie
Because black folks didnt care.
That was a great role and I'm Latino and we don't care either when whites play Latinos or Italian play Latinos or half Arabian play Latinos xD
For me he could be even a freaking Eskimo if he is good at it, let him be Eskimo. Fucking political correctness
As a black dude, that was a dope performance by Robert Downey Jr. if you saw the movie you would know he was playing three characters in one
Well said
Fuckin Genius.
That dudes a fuckin Actor.
He plays everyone and none are the same I'm sorry to black folks but Denzel is not an actor.
Plays the same roll in everyfuckin movie
@@elyaqui5324 Same role, yes, but Denzel always nails that one role.
Lou Berg so all actors that are type cast aren’t actors?
Merry go back I’ll
Every black person I've met that's seen this movie has fallen into 1 of 3 categories: 1. They thought his character was funny 2. They thought his impression was so spot-on, they didn't know he wasn't black. 3. Both 1 & 2.
I went to this movie the week after my father passed in my twenties. I never laughed so hard, I needed it so much then.
When joe is a fan of his guests, he giggles like a lil girl
He also climaxes under the desk
Same giggle you would make if you ever met Joe
hes just high
A little girl that can kick your ass and make you cry lol.
I think you could make Tropic Thunder now but RDJs character would have to be a black guy - playing a white guy-pretending to be a black guy. LMAO 😆
Robert Downey, Jr., said something that really struck me. He said what’s in my heart. What’s in my heart. I’ve grown up with a lot of different characters as we all have, and some of them get leeway to do this kind of thing. Why? Because we know what’s in their heart. Because they don’t really want to do harm to anybody. You don’t mess with an actor who cares.
RDJ was amazing in that film. No one I've ever spoken to about it felt anything but entertained 😅
RDJ doesn’t drop character till he does the dvd commentary
Don't you mean until after he does the dvd commentary? I'm pretty sure he was in character during the commentary as well.
Faris Akhtar - he was paraphrasing a line from the movie
@@farisakhtar4824 Yup can confirm
@@steveflow1332 ok thanks. I haven't seen the full movie yet, only bits of it.
@@farisakhtar4824 you missing out on a classic g.
He was literally the best part of the movie.
Les Grossman
Nope.Tom Cruise
Tom was amazing but every time Robert talk I was thinking how the fuck he did that scene with a straight face?
Jack Black's coked out character was pretty great too
@@gator9339 he was amazing, everyone was because none of the characters tried to be funnier than the other
To make this movie even funnier, watch it with the commentary! It’s Ben S, Jack Black and RDJ, who stays in character. Its absolutely brilliant!!
If this is real, why you still in character? Man, I never drop character til I done the DVD commentary.
@@rhydean693😂😂😂😂
Do you agree that Tropic Thunder is even better than Scary Movie? 😍
@@Julia-p7q-b4t No contest, 100%!
"OH ok flaming dragon, FUCK FACE"🤣🤣everyone killed their roll in this movie
The scene where Tom cruise talks to the terrorists is one of the funniest scenes in movie history.
Lol
agreed
Still wish they made that spin off movie.
Fwaming Dwagon
That is top 5 funniest movies of all time imo. That scene is classic. Cruise needs to bring that character back.
My first time ever seeing Robert Downey jr in a movie was tropic thunder. Imagine me having to come to grips with a white Robert Downey jr in iron man lmao
Thomas Brown lmao 😂
Lol, So sorry for your loss
He's an amazing actor either way though. I always forget it's him...Lincoln Osiris, Iron Man & Sherlock Holmes are all the same dude 🤯🤯🤯
with a name T. Brown i can understand to difficulties ;) J/K
LMFAO! That's too good hahah
One of the funniest parts of the movie was Danny Mcbride in the tower, setting up the explosives and working with two natives, screaming back at the director... " Get me someone up here that speaks Amercian!"
And that was the first scene of the film lol
Robert Downey Jr. 💓 He's the most real, been there done that, doesn't try to act better than others, he is actually a human and he kicks ass at what he does.
“I’m a dude who playing a dude disguised as another dude!” Greatest rdj quote before endgame
Before endgame? Still is his best quote
@Fake Name Or are you a dude who has no idea what dude he is, and claims to know what dude he is?
It was qoute by a dude, disguise as another dude disguise as another dude and NOT by RDJ.
@@RasPutintheGreat lmao best one.
Go on milk it
"I dont drop character til' I've done the DVD commentary".
-Kirk Lazarus
if you've nvr actually heard the dvd commentary for tropic thunder. Do it immediately!
"I don't read the script, script reads me" lol
if there were 2 movie commentaries that i would recommend to people, it would be tropic thunder and conan the barbarian.
Best Line Ever🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@bikingchupei2447 the newer conan?
The best part of Tropic Thunder was RDJ, but a very close 2nd was Brandon T Jackson and his responses to RDJ. He sold is and made that movie even more hilarious.
Don´t forget Tom Cruise playing a total sleezeball!
Loved Robert's work since the 80's, he's a great actor!
"I'm a dude, playin' a dude, disguised as another dude."
Exactly why it's not offensive
Or are you a dude who has no idea what dude he is, and claims to know what dude he is
There's a song. Search I'm a dude song.
@@triple6758 that song is awesome
@@MoejiiOsmanTV Like for real...a good track!
*someone talks shit about RDJ*
Me: Pump your brakes, kid. That man's a national treasure.
I remeber seeing him in us marshals, damn good actor.
WHERE ARE YOU GETTING AT WITH THE BOOKS AND SCRIPTS?!? SPIT THAT SHIT OUT MAN!
Lmao
you about to cross some fucking lines
No lies. Love RDJ
I love how Joe’s laugh is always pure 😂
One of my favorite movies, even better with commentary on! Downy is hilarious in it.
"I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude"
~ Best Line Ever
Word
Yourthedudedontknowwhatdudeheis!!!
Right next to, “Listen here, Lance....Lance?” 😂 that whole campfire scene had me and my brothers rolling
"You're a dude who don't know what dude he is!!"
"The dudes are emerging..."
Too many glorious lines in that movie.
You know theres a song on youtube to this
"Man I dont break character till i done a DVD commentary" -Kirk Lazarus
😂😂😂😂😂😂
And he didnt!
Thet fact that he actually did it in the commentary is pretty fucking hilarious
@@trackboy17 Commentary Tracks are highly underrated. I still have a pile of DVDs (Like TT) for that very reason.
Ohhh shit foreal
RDJ played that role so well no one said anything. Legend.
Can he get a late Oscar for this role 😆
He was nominated.
I’m a black man and I wasn’t offended it was hilarious. Granted I was a teen when it came out but regardless was never offended the movie is hilarious. Ben Stiller’s swan song tbh.
nigga the theme song from the Jeffersons part was fucking hilarious
@@TheEandIShow I lost it at "You people"
Same
You just can't see the racism. Maybe you need some diversity training./s
@@JTtheMid yeah that bit was hilarious, "what do you mean you people" 🤣
His best role ever! Also Jack Black's best role. I cry laughing till this day every time I watch it!
Jack Black was awesome in this movie
The funny thing is, that the very first time I saw tropic thunder, I didn't even realize it was Robert until it was revealed in the movie.
You man me both! I couldn't figure out where he was because it said on the cover he's in the movie 😅😂
Tom Cruise was the frosting on the cake in Tropic Thunder
So underrated
Dude, totally! It got me over being annoyed with him being a Scientologist. He was just that good.
Les Grossman may be the best character Cruise has ever done. The movie was great, but the cruise stuff was genius.
I love how 98% of people couldn’t recognize him till the end and it blew everyone’s minds lol
I know right!? I feel like he gets passed over when people talk about this movie for RDJ and jack blacks character
As a black man, I can honestly say I absolutely loved this movie and was in no way offended by RDJr’s portrayal! It was meant to be a spoof and it was hilarious! Not only that, but the acting was great! Still a classic comedy to this day! Great comedic film, the whole cast was awesome!
Yeah people are way too sensitive about stuff like this but that's why I always like seeing opinions like yours. Respect
As an Asian man living in Asia I also can honestly say I loved this movie.
@@frankmarano1118 facts bro it’s jus white liberal mfs that wan act like they care by telling y’all what to be mad about and what should bother yu
I’m only half black, but I didn’t find his portrayal derogatory. We need to be able to laugh at ourselves.
I'm white and I found the movie to be funny. If you laugh at racism, that's like the definition of anti-racism. If you see a trope and think, "yep that's how THEY are", you're racist. And if you get offended just because it has anything to do with race at all, you are a sheep.
5:45-5:55 has me in tears.
Joe’s laughter and Robert’s accent.
I'm glad rdj pointed out the movie is a bashing on Hollywood. He's not playing a black man obviously to mock him it's saying how ridiculously over the top some actors take themselves w/ the over doing of the method acting. Brando of course did it to perfection but unlike some actors like bale he didnt stay in character off shooting. Even though a Christian bale had made a speilberg movie as a child actor & was in newsies when he took on his main stream star making performance in American pycho on the set while shooting he never dropped his American accent so at the end when of shooting bale started talking again in his native English accent & the crew was surprised & confused that he really wasn't an American accented actor.
Ben Stiller: * Hands RDJ the script *
RDJ: "I dont read the script, the script reads me"
What the hell does that even mean?
@@javieramirez1 it means that he's just a little boy, playing with this d*ck when he's nervous
@@javieramirez1 Whatchu gettin at with the book script, spit that shit out man
@matthew safarz lol did you even see the movie? xd
More shredded than a julienne salad man
I’m black and I thought he did a great job. I didn’t know it was him until the end. The shit was funny! A true work of art!
Only people that get offended are rich white women who see us as weak defenseless people
@@TH-camr-lv6eh lol yup usually the case!
@@TH-camr-lv6eh I don't think so. You don't think some black people got offended??? Of course some did. I think a more accurate statement would be that, only "leftists" got offended.
@@PhillColl1ns I'm gonna have to respectfully disagree, and say that it absolutely IS political affiliation. Completely and totally. I guarantee you no conservatives got offended, black or white. I promise you, black white and brown people got offended and they were without a doubt all leftists.
@@PhillColl1ns I don't think we can have a serious conversation about this. You're gonna tell me that you think ANY conservatives got offended by this? No, my friend. The only people that got offended by something this trivial, are leftists. I'll stake my life on it. Have a good one.
2 movies that will never be remade ....Blazing saddles and tropic thunder . both funny as hell
RDJ's part in Tropic Thunder is one of the best acting jobs ever.
As a black person, I cannot explain why RDJ's portrayal is very funny, yet inoffensive. Reminiscent of how Mel Brooks made comedy about race work for him
I'd say it's because he does everything that you could see your average black dad doing in that situation. No exaggeration because he is genuinely appreciative about the culture he's portraying, not just trying to make it look excessive and dumb.
@@LlibertarianGalt I wouldn't say that's it at all for me, but if that's your read then that's your truth.
The secret ingredient to all of this is the "not taking yourself seriously" angle that everything Mel Brooks (and Tropic Thunder) did. It's a parody. It's a spoof. It's intended to be satire. It didn't try to be something it wasn't. It didn't try to take itself seriously and actually play blackface in a "serious" way.
I think society has always had openings for satire and parody. We haven't lost that. Tropic Thunder could easily be made in today's hypersensitive culture, as long as the director/actor/actresses do it with, like RDJ says, "with your heart in the right place." Which means if you approach it like satire and execute it like satire, then it'll nail the message/meaning. You'll never satisfy 100% of people. Offense-taking is unavoidable. But the overwhelming majority of Americans (and the world) still has plenty of heart and stomach for satire.
It ain't going anywhere. Mel Brooks is a legend specifically because his life's work was pointing at and poking fun at people who take themselves too seriously. If anything, more satire is needed now. So not only do I think Sgt Lincoln Osiris could be done again in today's culture, it would actually be widely successful directly because of how sensitive culture appears to be atm. Counter-culture will never not be a thing.
@@John-vm2sq Hey, that's pretty good
Genius
That movie is so good. Robert was excellent. “What do mean you people”.
"What do YOU mean 'you people'?"
#facts
What do you mean!! What do you mean you people???
@@JSchaffer214 HUH?!
@@JSchaffer214 lol
*Tropic Thunder is such a great fucking movie and RDJ is so hilarious in that movie.*
“I ccant feel my legs”
“Ain’t nothin but a thang”
This movie was filled with beautiful one liners.
Omg one of the best comedies EVER!
Robert Downey's character was my favorite. He was a riot in that movie.
Facts!!! Movie wouldn't be shit without Rob.
Cruise was also great
True indeed
Charlene Ortiz Training Why you gotta use the word riot when talking about a wannabe black character? That’s racist! (I’m joking 😆).
@@shibbirac I think it was the whole mish mash of characters in that movie and the chemistry that really brought it together.
The fact that they sat down and wrote this script and committed to it takes way more balls than 99.999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% of people have. I would be terrified 😂
One of the best performances ever. Kirk Lazarus is an amazing method actor.
"I'm a lead farma, motherfucka!"
-R.D.J.
Gets me every time lol.
President Eden one of the most underrated parts of movie💀
Best line ever
"Back to the same scene....lost in the woods with Captain Simple Jack."
Whenever I watch that movie and that scene comes on, I just start busting my gut, then he says that line and I die. Every single time! I've been a Zombie, and ghost since 2008.
Hahaa! 🤣
"I don't read the script. The script reads me" - Kirk Lazarus
"I don't do drugs, drugs do me" I don't really remember where I heard that
"...What the hell does that even mean?"
Book , script , spit that shit out
I love that fucking movie 😂😂😂😂
What a great movie! As for RDJ, for a while in the movie I had no idea it was him. Then, the realization of him portraying an AA actor just added to the movie about the silliness about the movie industry. Plus, I loved Tom Cruise in it. He was tremendous! I loved what he did afterwards during the credits. [Edited for grammar.]
We need another Tropic Thunder period, Robert Downey Jr was Great!
He really was a dude playing a dude playing another dude.
So true fam.
Disguised as another dude
Facts lol
I'm a dude commenting to a dude that watched a dude interview a dude that played a dude playing another dude.
It was inception in his mind!
“I get to be black for a summer “ best line ever
Why
cardude1992 yea thats debatable
That was not a line 😂
Sheesh guys, lay off of him. It was pretty funny , dont get butt hurt over a joke
Who dragged all these pussies in? It was a funny statement you sensitive twats
Killer killer comedy. Tropic Thunder was so good... every character had their own stand out moments. Robert was right it was stupidedly masterfully done.
Do you agree that Tropic Thunder is even better than Scary Movie? 😍
As a fellow Black person and as a part of the Black community, we accept Brother Robert Downey Jr. as a part of our community. He did his thang with that role. My granddad acted just like that. I forgot he was White. I don’t know any Black people that was offended by that 😂
Never laughed so hard at a movie ever, every character nailed there roll, jack black, tom cruise, Matthew McConaughey, ben Stiller, Danny McBride...... shit such a good movie
Air Plane Brandon T. Jackson??
Air Plane and Nick Nolte?
They weren't making fun of the races but making fun of the actors who were trying to be method. Great movie and Robert's roll was done excellent... I may start saying "never go full retard".
@@mateo1726 you need to check the script, I don't drop character until I've done the DVD commentary
Totally under rated movie hahaha
Im an African American vet and i approve of RDJ's role in "Tropic Thunder" that was funny AF! I don't care what color you are.
Ditto here as a female African American vet - Navy!
Same here. It was funny. It wasn’t blackface. Blackface is black paint with red lipstick.
Dont lie. Youre a 36 yr old white woman overweight and eating cheetos as you wrote your comment
Yeah but joe is really forcing it. Like that was something really different and like we got the joke and it wasn’t disrespectful. Joe saying people will be cheering is a fucking force. No more blackface and I’m not even a black guy but it’s so disgusting and there’s other jokes he nailed we got NO MORE!
Where in Africa are you from? I'm American.
Tropic Thunder is still in my opinion one of the greatest / funniest comedy movies of all time.