Photograph from Tropic Thunder, Ben Stiller’s new movie. Robert Downey Jr. is in it (look closely, that’s him in the middle). At first I thought “backlash”, but in the movie he plays an Oscar-winning actor that wins a part in a war movie that was originally casted for a black guy, so I guess he’s one step removed from controversy. Either way, it looks nuts.

One of the other writers on Highbrid Nation wrote about Robert Downy playing a black man. He worries that Al Sharpton might have something to say about it, lol. Honestly as a black person I think it’s kinda cool that movie make-up has gotten to the point where you can make someone look like another race and if the pics I’ve seen of Robert Downy in costume are accurate than they did a really good job! Plus Robert is a very capable actor so I’m sure he wont come across as stereo typical or offensive. I could be wrong though.

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