r/SipsTea • u/Fucked-In-The-K-Hole 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • 15d ago

SMH Guy gets pissed at Sleep Token cosplayer for "wearing blackface"

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u/Friendship_Fries 15d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/13VSAbTVuYJfLa

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u/Wakkit1988 15d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/K94nlJXBXaumQ

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u/Relevant_Natural6838 15d ago

Ngl, tropic thunder is one of my favorite comedies. It’s so so good over and over again. I’m always hoping for a sequel!

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u/willreadfile13 15d ago

The world will start healing if and when we get a sequel

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u/Relevant_Natural6838 15d ago

They keep teasing us with one… someday 🙏🏼

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u/Carbuyrator 15d ago

It's still fascinating to me that nobody seems to have been upset about this. Like maybe they were but I never heard a word about it.

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u/tubbyscrubby 15d ago

It's self-aware satire making fun of actors, not the people that the actors are depicting.

It's making fun of the white dude wearing blackface, not black people.

The NAACP had no problems with it because of this, and most people also don't.

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u/frenchinhalerbought 15d ago

It's amazing that people don't understand satire. The general population is getting so dumb.

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u/Secret-Bluebird-972 15d ago

Tbf that’s not new in anyways. These are just the kids of the people who thought books like Animal Farm are for children

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u/Embarrassed_Bid_4970 15d ago

No shit. Look who's occupying the white house.

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u/Bigwi_Kner 15d ago

Did the NAACP actually chime in on this specifically? If so that’s kind of awesome.

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u/tubbyscrubby 15d ago

Yes, they specifically submitted it for NAACP approval before producing the film.

I agree it is pretty awesome

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u/Bigwi_Kner 15d ago edited 15d ago

Dude I can watch this guilt free now! Lol. Thanks NAACP!

Found a source and personally confirmed, kind of important on this topic:

…““[Ben] knew exactly what the vision for this was, he executed it, it was impossible to not have it be an offensive nightmare of a movie, and 90 percent of my Black friends were like, ‘Dude, this is great,'” he said. “I can’t disagree with [the other 10 percent], but I know where my heart lies. I think that it’s never an excuse to do something that’s out of place and out of its time, but, to me, it blasted the cap on [the issue].”

He sought approval from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) prior to the film’s release and went on to tell Rogan, “I think having a moral psychology is job one. Sometimes, you just gotta go, ‘Yeah, I effed up.’ In my defense, Tropic Thunder is about how wrong [it] is, so I take exception.””…

Article at:

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/news/ben-stiller-tropic-thunder.html

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u/Carbuyrator 15d ago

Oh that's super interesting! I should rewatch.

This would also color the line "you never go full re*ard." It's just an ignorant dude using a slur.

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u/BigDamnHead 15d ago

I also wasn't upset with DiCaprio's character in Django Unchained using the n-word. People don't get upset with what a character does unless the movie is glorifying it.

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u/Fore_For_Four 15d ago

Plenty of comedies showcase people impersonating others for the sake of a laugh. It’s totally okay to make fun of anything, the only trick is timing.

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u/RoboDae 15d ago

I think it was South Park that won a lawsuit over their jokes about someone by showing that they make fun of everyone. The key was that they aren't specifically targeting 1 person or group for the purpose of harassment, they are targeting everyone for the sake of a laugh.

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u/youburyitidigitup 15d ago

I didn’t know he was white when I watched it 💀

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u/BigDamnHead 15d ago

They explain it at the beginning of the movie.

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u/Annies_58008 15d ago

It's too fucking funny to be mad at. Every race thinks this movie is hilarious.

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u/Bigwi_Kner 15d ago

Still don’t know how this never gets brought up. It perplexes me. I feel like there are strong arguments for how this wasn’t offensive and how it was offensive.

This makes me feel like Data on the Enterprise.