I watched it recently and Eddie Murphy was throwing around a lot of gay slurs. Granted you could say the Duke’s dropping a few N-Bombs could easily show to prove how much of pieces of shit they really are.
It’s interesting to me how Blazing Saddles get a pass on the language, it other satirical films don’t. Similarly Tropic Thunder doesn’t get pilloried for Downey Jr’s blackface, but it’s the kiss of death for so many other films.
imho Tropic Thunder works because Downey is so obviously a foil, including actual black people bemoaning his bullshit in realtime. He’s deranged and truly believes he’s exceptional, and he’s not, and to me, that’s a big part of the joke.
I really don’t like Tom Cruise, but his part in that is priceless too.
I watched it recently and Eddie Murphy was throwing around a lot of gay slurs. Granted you could say the Duke’s dropping a few N-Bombs could easily show to prove how much of pieces of shit they really are.
It’s interesting to me how Blazing Saddles get a pass on the language, it other satirical films don’t. Similarly Tropic Thunder doesn’t get pilloried for Downey Jr’s blackface, but it’s the kiss of death for so many other films.
imho Tropic Thunder works because Downey is so obviously a foil, including actual black people bemoaning his bullshit in realtime. He’s deranged and truly believes he’s exceptional, and he’s not, and to me, that’s a big part of the joke.
I really don’t like Tom Cruise, but his part in that is priceless too.