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The Tropic Thunder blackface was a memorable moment from the movie, but didn't receive a major backlash or cause any real controversy for Robert Downey Jr. The movie was a hit comedy that satirized Hollywood in some pointed and hilarious ways. One of the subjects addressed was the tendency of "method actors" to take their roles incredibly seriously and go to great lengths to achieve authenticity with their sometimes bad behavior only earning them more praise for their dedication.

Robert Downey Jr. Lazarus undergoes a controversial "pigmentation alteration" procedure to darken his skin and, being method, he's in the habit of never breaking character until after he's done DVD commentary. However, Downey Jr. Tropic Thunder 2 has been rumored for over a decade, but the original cast is talking about it more and more, and it could be close to development.

Tropic Thunder is making a firm statement against how Black characters are both portrayed and overlooked in mainstream action movies Kirk Lazarus is clearly portrayed as white at the start of the movie, and the distinction matters. The Tropic Thunder blackface was a depiction of a fictional white actor using blackface and rightly being called out for it, rather than a return to the repugnant genuine use of blackface from eras gone.

Given the incredibly racist history of blackface in cinema, it's understandable that — without context — shots of Robert Downey Jr. However, it's clear on viewing that Tropic Thunder is making a firm statement against how Black characters are both portrayed and overlooked in mainstream action movies of the era.

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The brilliance of Tropic Thunder is that nothing is sacred. This includes holding up a mirror to the lengths some actors, just like the fictional Kirk Lazarus, will go to land that career-defining role — and the ethical considerations some will readily put to the side in taking it. Chino doesn't let Kirk off the hook for the blackface Lazarus dons, and even claims that he's making the movie to offer some "real representation.