you know how i feel about it.
Stiller: There were times when I was doing Jack when I actually felt retarded. Like really retarded.
Downey: Oh yeah. Damn.
Stiller: In a weird way, I had to sort of just free myself up to believe that it was okay to be stupid or dumb.
Downey: To be a moron.
Stiller: Yeah.
Downey: To be moronical.
Stiller: Exactly.
Downey: An imbecile.
Stiller: Yeah. When I was playing a character.
Downey: When you was a character.
Stiller: Yeah, I mean, as Jack. Definitely.
Downey: It’s like working with mercury. It’s how science makes art form.
Stiller: Yeah.Downey: You an artist.
Stiller: It’s what we do, right?
Downey: Everybody knows you never do a full retard.
Stiller: What do you mean?
Downey: Check it out. Dustin Hoffman, Rainman, look retarded, act retarded, not retarded. Count toothpicks to your cards. Autistic. Sure. Not retarded. You know Tom Hanks, Forrest Gump. Slow, yes. Retarded, maybe. Braces on his legs. But he charmed the pants off Nixon and he won a ping-pong competition? That ain’t retarded. You went full retard, man. Never go full retard.
gosh, I could go on and on. people are talking all over the country:
Editorial: Movie should be a catalyst for change—Lincoln [Nebraska] JournalStar
Editorial: Be responsible with free speech — Tuscaloosa [Alabama] News
Op-Ed: Is film a joke or humiliation? By Lennard J. Davis — Chicago Tribune
Op-Ed: Not Funny—Winston-Salem [NC] Journal
Op-Ed: Labels close doors—Yakima [Washington] Herald
Letter: Respect those with cognitive disabilities—Tuscaloosa [Alabama] News
Letter: Movie’s use of r-word is no laughing matter—Indianapolis Star
Letter: R-word is offensive hate speech, even in a comedy—Delaware Online
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3 comments:
That just makes me sad.. he is so ignorant! To think that I actually use to like some of Stiller's movies.. not so sure I can support him as an actor or a person any longer. Completely innapropriate, and more, punishable! Don't football players get punished when they do excessive celebration.. well actors should get punished when they act so irresponsibly and cruel. Anyways.. that's what I think.
So glad people are responding to the ignorance with op-eds etc. But we all know that unless we hit 'em in the pocketbook, the ignorance will pay off and the op eds will be looked at as free advertising. :(
Kristy
I agree... bad pr is better than no pr. I am just thankful that it is not doing well (so far) at the box office. Not hitting the numbers they predicted, surprising since Mr. TomKat has a part in the film. That, and only that, has made me smile. Ben Stiller is an a*s.
love that you agree... thank you.
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