
According to the New York Times, the upcoming Ben Stiller comedy Tropic Thunder [1] will be boycotted by "a coalition of disabilities groups" who object to what they say is "the movie’s open ridicule of the intellectually disabled."
The article continues [2]:
A particular sore point has been the film's repeated use of the term "retard" in referring to a character, Simple Jack, who is played by Mr. Stiller in a subplot about an actor who chases an Oscar by portraying a mindless dolt. Mr. Shriver said that he had also begun to ask members of Congress for a resolution condemning what he called the movie’s “hate speech."
Have you ever refused to see a movie because you objected to the content?
Photo courtesy of Paramount [3]