Literal! With Rob Lowe
Robert Downey Jr. makes no apologies for his controversial role in “Tropic Thunder”… and he uses another polarizing show from back in the day to make a nuanced point.
The actor, who just won a Golden Globe last weekend for his role in ‘Oppenheimer’, recently attended the ‘Literal! with Rob Lowe” podcast to defend the work he did in the ’08 film, in which he plays a method actor who plays a black man… in full blackface.
RDJ says people should look beyond the surface of his performance – where he played a caricature of a person – and think about the larger message the film was trying to convey about his character…namely highlighting tropes that were perpetuated held. year.
Interestingly enough, he says that the show ‘All in the Family’ is a good example of this – he tells a short anecdote about attending Norman Lear’s Shiva …and they play a disclaimer before playing a clip from his famous sitcom. Listen, RDJ is telling us all something here.
The disclaimer read: “The program you are about to watch is ‘All in the Family.’ It tries to highlight our weaknesses, prejudices and concerns in a humorous way. By making them a source of laughter, we hope to show how absurd they are in a mature way.”
Downey says that there used to be an agreement between creators and audiences about this kind of thing, and it didn’t have to be done with kid gloves like it does today.
Robert’s biggest problem is that he says the modern world is experiencing a “clickbait addiction to resentment.” Basically he’s saying that it’s so easy to get angry at jokes and movie choices without looking at the larger context or the bigger picture message. Unfortunately, times have changed.
The bottom line is that he’s still starring in ‘Tropic Thunder’ – even all these years later.
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