Tom Cruise and the lovely, yet lobotomized, Katie Holmes attended the premiere of Tropic Thunder last night. Protesters from several mental disability groups picketed the event at Mann’s Bruin Theater because of the use of the word “retard” in the film. Fortunately, none of these people can read, so I’m off the hook. The AP reports:
The groups are outraged over scenes featuring the liberal usage of a disparaging term used to describe the mentally disabled. In the movie, director and co-star Ben Stiller plays a fame-hungry actor cast in a war movie who previously had a role as a mentally disabled character named Simple Jack.
“If you want to pick on people, as the old playground saying goes, pick on people your own size,” said Timothy Shriver, chairman of the Special Olympics, who is calling for a boycott of “Tropic Thunder” along with the other groups. “This population struggles too much with the basics to have to struggle against Hollywood. We’re sending a message that this hate speech is no longer acceptable.”
I couldn’t agree more, Tim: Hate speech is gay.
You know how I know that Tom Cruise is an Idiot? He’s wearing shades at night! Nothing is more stupid than that!
Look at me I’m Tom Cruise. I think I’m so awesome that I wear sun glasses when the moon is out!
It’s nice to know little tommy will die as a CHEATER and a ANTI-AMERICA-ACTIVIST!!
Is that an EBE just above Tommy’s left shoulder????
i loove the spammers here… tom-n-katie and interracial dating.sounds likeley, ill be sure to check that out, just as soon as i thrust my thumbs deep into my eye sockets and pull out my cerebral cortex. never mind that i couldnt physically use a computer after that..
i used to work with a ‘mentally handicapped (mmmretarded?)’ woman and she called someone a retard. i had to fight the urge to laugh until i puked, but that says a lot about the ‘offensiveness’ of calling a tard a tard. call ‘em as you sees ‘em.
Can’t Paris and Lindsay do an intervention and save Katie?
She looks good here, but Wow, Tom looks old and pasty white. Could be the flash.
Tom drives yet another nail in the coffin of his career. I saw the movie at a discount theater, was quite disappointed, and don’t understand why it has favorable reviews. I didn’t recognize Tom Cruise in it though, so that was a bit of a surprise.
@16 I doubt the public at large is aware that movie exists.
Who likes Ben Stiller? Oh, I forget Crackheads!
“If you want to pick on people, as the old playground saying goes, pick on people your own size…”
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