Special Olympics Chairman Plans Boycott of ‘Tropic Thunder’
Source: www.celebritysmackblog.com
Ben Stiller’s new movie starring himself, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. has offended some people with it’s repeated use of the word ‘retard’.
The movie is set to be released on Wednesday, but the premiere is tomorrow evening and Special Olympics chairman Timothy Shriver says that he and a group of people will be picketing the event.
Shriver, who has also worked in the film industry, (he co-produced the DreamWorks film, Amistad)says the movie is full of “hate speech”.
Chip Sullivan, a DreamWorks spokesman, did some clean-up work saying that the movie is “an R-rated comedy that satirizes Hollywood and its excesses and makes its point by featuring inappropriate and over-the-top characters in ridiculous situations.”
He adds that the intention of the film was not to offend, and that, “No changes or cuts to the film will be made.”
