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Robert Downey Jr. to Play Black Man in Satire

filmschoolrejects.com — In the film, which takes aim at the egos of big Hollywood actors (like the three pictured), Downey plays Kirk Lazarus, an Oscar caliber actor who ends up with a part that was originally written for a black man. Instead of recasting, Lazarus decides to dye his skin to play the character of Osiris, well, authentically.

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  • davidwasman, on 03/06/2008, -5/+67Seriously...PLEASE stop signing your name to every post.
  • metalkills, on 03/06/2008, -0/+54Countdown to apology demand by Al Sharpton in 3...2...1...
  • sdellboy, on 03/06/2008, -0/+40I'm still waiting for my apology for 'White Men Can't Jump'. Can you imagine the outcry if someone made 'Black Men Can't Swim'?
  • tikiman453, on 03/06/2008, -0/+38haha, that looks really good. who else thinks ben stiller looks like a bad ass 80s action figure or something? sweet.
  • DeathJux, on 03/06/2008, -0/+32Jack Black and Ben Stiller, in a Stiller directed movie? This could be incredibly hilarious, or woefully disappointing.
  • Grandfinale1, on 03/06/2008, -1/+31Haha. He really does look black. This should be good old fashion hilarious Racism, for a hilarious movie. Hope he's very over the top with it.
    By the way, I'm black and I approve this movie. So FU Mr. Sharpton
  • Sabazou, on 03/06/2008, -0/+24But it's a massive lulzfest when Dave Chappelle does it
  • KidVicious, on 03/06/2008, -5/+29Seconded. Annoying as hell.
  • papavb, on 03/06/2008, -0/+19Ben Stiller, Gun, dugg

    and RDJr is like blowjobs and cupcakes (i.e. awesome)
  • SonicAD, on 03/06/2008, -0/+18Please note that, from what I gather, he's playing a white guy who chooses to dress up in black to take a role. He himself is not choosing to play a role as a black man (well, he is, sorta, but...), he's choosing to play a white man who's playing a black man.
  • jackofarcades, on 03/06/2008, -1/+18Using makeup to make yourself look authentically black isn't blackface.
  • BobbyMC, on 07/21/2008, -0/+17If it weren't historically taboo it wouldn't be funny.

    Those who put their insecurities over comedy don't deserve to laugh. Buried for being lame.
  • marjo9, on 03/06/2008, -4/+18Hi, i like to make witty comments and then sign them off with my pseudo name. But wait! it gets better. Im only going to use half my name just because i am so witty.

    -nine
  • Lunarbunny, on 03/06/2008, -0/+14Just me or does Jack Black look like a fat Duke Nukem in that picture?
  • yaffnc, on 03/06/2008, -1/+14If Michael Jackson can be a white man, why can't Robert Downey Jr. be a black man?
  • Dundasbro, on 03/06/2008, -0/+12Only when it is perpetuating racist attitudes. To make such a huge deal out of something that was popular two centuries ago for entirely different motives and audiences is stupid.
  • jameskong15, on 03/06/2008, -0/+11Seems more like he was pointing out the potential hypocrisy that the OP was involved with. *shrug*
  • mexicanman07, on 03/06/2008, -1/+11-cake
  • YodaJones, on 03/06/2008, -1/+11but can he dance?
  • AZTriGuy, on 03/06/2008, -0/+10First thing I thought was, great, another "Soul Man". But Downey actually acknolwedges that was a danger of the role in the article and sounds like he made sure it wasn't going to be taken like that. Sounds like this is actually going to be pretty good, it's now on my list to see for 2008.
  • Aitese, on 03/06/2008, -0/+9The UK's Pete Doherty is playing a black man?!
  • ahoy, on 03/06/2008, -1/+10Kiss Kiss Bang Bang will attest to that.
  • MWeather, on 03/06/2008, -0/+8Michael Jackson is a white woman.
  • TiggyThaiMein, on 03/06/2008, -0/+8Has anyone EVER seen Don Cheadle and Robert Downey Jr. in the same room, at the same time?? HMMMM?? Now the controversy begins...
  • nascentia, on 03/06/2008, -0/+8I'm just hoping that "the media" and black "leaders" like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton don't take this as racism when it's obviously satire. It's not meant to be offensive, and if the racism card gets pulled on this, it's hypocrisy, plain and simple. White Chicks, Chapelle...you know what I mean.
  • metalkills, on 03/06/2008, -1/+8i think only spike lee or dave chappelle could pull that one off
  • MrStabby, on 03/06/2008, -1/+8Thank you for clarifying that blowjobs and cupcakes are awesome...I was confused for a moment...
  • thedez, on 03/06/2008, -0/+7Soul Man 2: Electric Boogaloo
  • keppj0nes, on 03/06/2008, -2/+8Amazing makeup work. Does anyone know of a higher quality/bigger picture?
  • Jonmad17, on 03/06/2008, -1/+7Jack Black plays an albino?
  • mglukhovsky, on 03/06/2008, -2/+8Blackface, huh? Fantastic.
  • inactive, on 03/06/2008, -5/+11I stopped reading when they said Ironman was going to be a surefire hit.....Sorry, not going to happen. We all know what happens with these overhyped hollywoodized comic movies
  • Van3ck, on 03/06/2008, -0/+6He kind of looks like Snake from Metal Gear... weird.
  • whiteguysamurai, on 03/06/2008, -0/+6dude...enough..
  • TobiasParker, on 03/06/2008, -1/+6Looked amazing until Tom Cruise showed up.
  • MrTito, on 03/06/2008, -0/+5I'm looking more forward to Tropic Thunder than Iron Man now.
  • klisejo, on 03/06/2008, -1/+6So its ok for Blacks to dress as Whites (Eddy Murphy, Wayans bros) but its controversial for Whites to dress as Blacks. No double standard here. Move along.
  • WanderingK, on 03/06/2008, -0/+4Dunno about Stiller, but Downey's a spitting image of the old fuzzy headed G I Joe.
  • Chirp08, on 03/06/2008, -2/+6I was born a poor black man...
  • haydesigner, on 03/06/2008, -1/+5Both ways.
  • Tyrghast, on 03/06/2008, -0/+4Did you just try to pull off a line from Zero Punctuation?
  • steveoco, on 03/06/2008, -2/+6Ben Stiller's best directing role was Cable Guy... Jim Carrey at his finest... I hope this is just as classic.
  • Gudeldar, on 03/06/2008, -0/+4Yeah, those Spiderman movies tanked. All 3 of them.
  • KibibyteBrain, on 03/06/2008, -0/+4Exactly. The problem with blackface was not the white actor playing a black character, but portraying a surreal cartoonish fictional collection of stereotypes of black people and passing it off as an accurate representation.
  • chibimmy, on 03/06/2008, -0/+4Agreed.
    Iron Man looks like its going to be a hell of a show also.
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  • NinjaPig, on 03/06/2008, -0/+4After seeing Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, i thought he was going to go down as the most under appreciated actor of our time. But i think this may be the year he finally gets the mainstream success he deserves.
  • Ryopan, on 03/06/2008, -0/+3This is the exact plot of The Three Amigos...but I still kind of want to see it.
  • iguanapunk, on 03/06/2008, -0/+3If this hadn't have been posted, for years I would have believed Downy was a black man - much like how I thought Ben Jabituya from Short Circuit was an authentic Indian, and I myself am an authentic indian. That's REAL method acting.
  • estacado, on 03/06/2008, -0/+3You haven't seen it yet, how can you know?
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