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"Tropic Thunder" boycott in the works
A coalition of disabilities groups is expected to call for a boycott of the film "TYopic Thunder” because of what the groups consider the movie's open ridicule of the intellectually disabled.
The film, a movie-industry spoof directed by Ben Stiller, is set for release on Wednesday by Para-mount Pictures and its DreamWorks unit.
“Not only might it happen, it will happen," Timothy P Shriver, chairman of the Special Olympics, said of the expected push for a boycott.
A particular sore point has been the film's repeated use of the term “retard’’ in referring to a character. Simple Jack, who is played by Ben Stiller in a subplot about an actor who chases an Oscar by portraying a mindless dolt.
Shriver said that he had also begun to ask members of Congress for a resolution condemning what he called the movie's "hate speech" and calling for stronger federal support of the intellectually disabled.
"The most disappointing thing, the most incredible thing, is that nobody caught it," said Shriver, who, as a co-producer of the DreamWorks film "Amistad," is no stranger to the studio. He spoke of what he described as the studio's and the filmmakers' blatant disregard for the disabled even as they stepped carefully around other potentially offensive references, notably in a story line that has Robert Downey Jr. playing a white actor who changes bis skin colour to play a black soldier.
In a statement on Sunday, Chip Sullivan, a DreamWorks spokesman, said the movie was “an R-rated comedy that satirises Hollywood and its excesses and makes its point by featuring inappropriate and over-the-top characters in ridiculous situations.” Sullivan, in the statement, added that the film was not meant to disparage or harm people with disabilities and that DreamWorks expected to work closely with disability groups in the future. But, he said,
“No changes or cuts to the film will be made.”
Formal complaints about the content of films are not uncommon. but well-coordinated boycotts are fairly rare. The groups involved said that they represented millions of members and associates. Perhaps the most striking use of the tactic involved "The Last Temptation of Christ,” released in 1988. Religious groups that considered that movie’s depiction of Jesus blasphemous called for a boycott of companies owned by MCA, whose Universal unit made the film.
An ad-hoc coalition of more than a dozen disabilities groups --including the Arc of the United States, the National Down Syndrome Congress, the American Association of People With Disabilities and others -- laid the groundwork for public protests.
"TYopic Thunder” is likely to be the last movie released by DreamWorks before its top executives -- Steven Spielberg. David
Geffen and Snider — formally announce their plans to become aligned with a new company to be financed by Reliance Big Entertainment of India. The three will continue to be involved with at least a dozen films at Paramount
but are expected gradually to shift their energies to the new enterprise, which will probably distribute its movies through another studio.
Source: The New York Times