Second choice would have to be Jamie Foxx doing an impression of Robert Downey Jr. Holy cats, the voice, speech pattern, and word choice was all bang-on.
Jamie’s got a point here: there’s people who want to harm. But when you joke without hate, just doing or saying nonsense stuff or being satirical… why would you be offended? I’m Italian and I’m not offended if some actor does a caricature of italians… I know many people hate Italians, but Im able to understand when somebody jokes to offend or not
America has a tabbo wity black face because it was used in the days of slavery to dehumanize black peoppe. Some peoppe cant move on from that. And many peoppe who do use blackface are trying to dehumanize someone. But those cases dont go on tv.
@@jeffdk3837 yeah the only people who seemed to have a problem with it were the ones that didn't see the movie. It's not condoning black face in any way shape or form, it's trying to point out Hollywood's hypocrisy when it comes to race as well as open a dialogue for where exactly the line is for what's considered "offensive". RDJ's character was just one part of an overarching theme throughout the whole movie. The Simple Jack "never go full retard" ties directly into this too. At what point does an actor appropriating someone else's life stop being art and start being offensive? What is off limits and "too far" and what makes them that way? The movie did an incredible job tackling these questions and most people I've met who have seen it understand that it's deeper than just "haha we made Tony Stark black lmao".
Besides, I think WHITE FACE is awesome if done by the right person. MJ was really messed up as a white guy (No joke here. He was legitimately a white guy in a video). But that's great stuff. It needs to be done well.
@@haddy106 are you a transgender halfwit. I'm Australian I found tropic thunder fucking hilarious the satire is great it holds a mirror to the Hollywood and society
@@Carlos27thFS It was a question of why didn't he catch hell for blackface, outrage that usually starts from black people. I didn't say non-poc didn't understand. So, umm...
@@Carlos27thFS she wasnt referring to everyone, she was referring to black people and thats also what Jamie Foxx was saying when he said 'We' fucks with RDJr.
I’m African-American/Black. This was NOT offensive to me. Mind you, this was also well before everyone was fake “woke”. It’s a difference in being malicious. He killed the role.
I was always super friendly with random black kids in school, only thing is I would drop the n word with a hard r when greeting and saying goodbye, no one ever got upset, I think it was because I was friendly. Though one kid did want to fight me and I simply didn't, if it wasn't in the school or at my place I wasn't gonna bother, so nothing bad happened technically
Facts. And he’s literally playing a white movie actor, who in the movie is playing the role of a black army sergeant. And they have the actual black actor in the movie roast him multiple times. I’m pretty sure everyone who calls it racist hasn’t actually seen the movie, they just see a picture of a black RDJ and start making assumptions without context
RDJ did such a good job with the character. The makeup department also did an amazing job. 2 months before the movie came out I was mad because his name was on the poster but I never once saw him on the poster or in the trailer. Then one day I looked at it long enough and my jaw was on the floor. This whole time I was wondering who this random black dude was, so I was not ready for the reveal/lore behind his character. Also he portrayed a black character without needing to rely on stereotypes, while ironically the actual black character was more of a stereotype. Tropic Thunder, great writing, great acting.
The black character was a faker who was exploiting a black stereotype for money. The white character was doing exactly the same thing, and that was the irony between the two guys. It was poking fun at people's conception of what it means to be "black" in America.
"People are always looking for something to be recreationally outraged at." I love that phrase. It perfectly sums up a lot of what we see on the internet, especially Twitter.
I was absolutely disgusted to see RDJ becoming successful after he started to do "whiteface" is this what an actor of colour has to endure to achieve success in Hollywood? It's worse than 9/11
Robert Downey Jr was NOT doing blackface, his character in the movie was doing blackface. It was meant to be inappropriate because it was part of the story.
A distinction which will be waved aside with a simple, "That doesn't make it better." People see the words, "RDJ in blackface" and immediately throw out any semblance of context. Pointing it out to them is essentially calling them ignorant (by the literal definition of the word) and they're not, in a million, trillion years, going to agree and say you're right.
@@buca117 i mean does the context make it better? Like its a white man playing a white man in heavy makeup to be black, sure in the story it is seen as extremely wrong but still is the action of putting that in the movies plot racist? Would it have been funnier if they casted a black actor? Or did they need to put a white actor through heavy makeup to look black?
@@ianbrown1810 Yeah, because the former is racist, the latter is a joke at racism's expense. He's wearing blackface despite the fact that there's a perfectly good black "actor" as part of the cast. They (Tom Cruise's character) did it because they wanted to have a black man on the team while also killing off the black guy first, but didn't trust an actual black man to fill the role. We the audience are supposed to look at that and laugh, because it's a satirical jab at Hollywood racist hypocrisy. Basically, it's mocking racism by highlighting it. Or by "starting a conversation," to use the overly sensitive crowd's vernacular.
@@buca117 interesting i still dont know how i totally feel about it, the character i remember being very funny. And i feel not really knowing how to feel about it is part of it
If you think that's something, you should hear my mother's Bernie Sanders impression. It's terrifying in its accuracy and coming from an old woman on top of it.
Had Tropic Thunder not had a black actor as part of the main cast then I could see some people getting angry over RDJ’s character, even though his character was funny. But they had an actual black actor in the main cast and their interactions together were absolutely hysterical. Brandon Jackson played his character’s outrage at the best black role in the war film being played by a white actor so, so well. It was great. IIRC RDJ was kinda scared and aired the film with the NAACP and they were fine with the character. Tropic Thunder is one of the few actually funny movies of the past twenty years. Edit: people seem to forget that the film was a comedy poking fun at actors, producers, talent agents, method acting, the whole nine yards. And damn it was true to life too.
underrated comment. Hot take, I don't think it would have worked, and the backlash would have been real if not for Brandon's character. He was the voice of reason. He voiced all of the criticisms about the situation out loud and was pissed at RDJ's character for the entirety of the movie. For all the wtf moments where we as the audience are like hell no, Brandon's character called it out and we are like hell yeah.
I think Tropic Thunder did it smart. The joke wasn't that it was a white guy in black face. The joke was meta and about how Hollywood can be so insane they'd cast a white actor to play a black character instead of just hiring a black actor. Which they also point out in the movie. Intent matters.
Hollywood is sexist racist misogynistic and hypocritical. The Hollywood moguls not the actors only care about profits. Fuck your social causes but if they can make money on your social causes they will fleece you and steel your soul to lead you to believe they care
Robert Downey jr wasn’t evening playing a black guy, he was playing a white man who was doing black face for a role. It’s not like they hired him over a black actor. People seem to forget that
Foxx's explanation of fighting the easy fight against people who mean no harm is profound. We dodge the real, meaningful fights that are dangerous. It explains so much of the world, especially social media.
Imo, the "woke" movement is either a money grab (where that BLM money go?) or a perverse tactic to divide and conquer, based on misguided feelings.. either way, I dont believe a second the leaders care about black ppl. They may be tackling real issues (on the surface), but in the end, ppl who riot to blackmail a president that is actually trying to help "minorities" even if he doesnt even get 10% of their vote can't really be looking for their best interests
Being against russia when it invaded ukraine; but cant be against US when it invaded iraq or israel when they oppress the Palestinians. Fights easy fights.
Correct. SJWs claim to be warriors but go after people who make the OK sign or mis-pronoun. the real fight against misogyny and homophobia would be to reform Islam. social justice cowards
He wasn’t doing blackface. That whole character was a satire of intense method actors who go to extreme lengths to play a role, and pokes fun at the fact that Hollywood has cast white actors in minority roles.
@@riotbreaker3506 Not traditional blackface. When I see real blackface i want to rip a white person's head off. RDJ did more of caricature becoming a black person with no ill intent. Very similar to Dave Chapelle doing a white guy. I wouldn't want what he did being confused with true black face but in modern times people put them together. I guess maybe if someone did it his way but with ill intent it would feel just like old school blackface. So in that sense you'd be right.
I believe they mentioned in the commentary track (yes, I listen to them, too) they were essentially making fun of the absurdity of Hollywood and the lengths actors will go for a role. Loved that movie.
I mean yeah. The movie itself has a news segment about how theirs a scandal of a white actor putting on blackface And also the lengths the actor went through to get black skin.
I'm actually black, and RDJ channeled more than one of my uncles literally perfectly, mannerisms, gesticulation, gait, it made me respect him more as an actor, also it was hilarious!
Neither of those words are specifically part of "African American vernacular". Gesticulation refers to gestures; often dramatic or animated ones, while gait refers to how one walks and carries themselves physically.
It's weird how people missed that considering his final scene which was the Oscars where RDJ's character was not in blackface, it's clear that he was just playing an Australian actor who's doing a blackface.
Every joke has its comedic timing. The Office is a perfect example of a show. It wouldn't work today if it just came out, but it also wouldn't have worked if it came out ten years before it actually did come out. All great comedy is meant for its current audience, and we really can't be looking backwards or forwards at the repercussions it may have. Some people are ahead of their time, some people are behind, and the most (current) popular ones are thriving in the current times
FALSE: Robert Downey Jr. was a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude. Wow thank you for all the likes! This is most like comment in history lmao 01/01/2021
@@hudldevice1092 "any tips?, any tips?? I'm I'm tryna get there too... but give me that God damn map!!" 😂😂 hell yeah he played the shit out that role lmaoo
@@thirdgen377 Validation? Not sure what you mean. Anyone who finds blackface offensive should go see a therapist, if you ask me (unless it's meant as an insult, ofc)
Blackface doesn't make fun of black people (most of the time anyway), it's often more like an homage / tribute, but since the world is full of idiots... I'm an atheist and think that religion is cancer... yet I'd gladly dress as Martin Luther King and do blackface, out of respect and admiration. Now, if your goal in life is to find stuff to be offended about, then you'll probably find a way to consider blackface offensive, regardless of context. Remember when Eddie Murphy did whiteface in SNL? ua-cam.com/video/l_LeJfn_qW0/v-deo.html I'd have to be clinically insane in order to find that video offensive.
As a teen I had no idea he wasn't actually a black man playing this role lol. I also didnt know who RDJ was either. And when it sunk in, I still didn't care. It was an epic performance.
My favourite bit was the Vietnamese, because he doesn't then pretend to be Vietnamese, he's pretending to be black, pretending to be Vietnamese. So his "black" characteristics and accent came out in the way he pronounced the words. Fucking hilarious. If he didn't get an award for that, he should have.
Jamie's got it 100% right. Most of us Black people weren't offended by the character. Robert D did a good job in that movie. Now, it's a different question if a film uses a White actor to play a Black character when there are millions of available Black actors. But, that wasn't the case here. The role called for a White actor who gets so deep into his role that he lives the part of his Black character. Downey killed it. And the reactions from the Black actor in the movie, Brandon Jackson, made it even better.
But wait.... How can you say it's not right to have a white actor play a black character, but its ok to have a black actor play a white character? As we've seen lately with these adaptations of old movies and such. There is a severe disconnect with the whole "equality" thing because it's only considered moving towards equality when you're giving one certain race or gender more opportunities and complaining when another race or gender gets those same opportunities. We don't live in the 40s, 50s, 60s or even 70s anymore. The notion that we're still "so behind" is just absolutely ridiculous. Jamie said it best, people are just constantly looking for things to bitch about, they search out things to be "offended" by. But the fact is, if you get offended by something thats YOUR fault, because you allowed it to affect you.
@@Want2SurfNow yo… I think when it comes to culture appropriation, you don’t understand the difference between a black man playing some shit like a marvel super hero who’s usually white , compared to a film
@@Want2SurfNow because that is all of hollywood history - and it was based in malicious discriminations. I feel like I'm stating the obvious. Ate the whole pie and when you forced to share the last piece - you want to be like - well lets take turn on the bites... NO - you ate the WHOLE pie! I'm eating this piece. Go Away!
Fools overreact to Blackface. We not in 1950's or 1960's. We supposed to move past this. If whites want to be black fine. They ain't making a mockery of the black race, if they are then you get upset but don't get upset over nothing. I hate how people feel they can get upset over every little thing and choose how people must live their lives. Robert downy jr changed his life around and we hearing people saying shit about a fucking character. Come on people, stop being stupid and being defensive about everything someone does or says.
"Fuckallyall for advocating blackface!!!!!!!!....this Halloween .....maybe I will dress up like a white man and act stereotypically Caucasian!. while making jokes about opioid usage ,pedophilia, privilege, and colonial genocide!........damn the jokes......REPARATIONS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????✊✊✊✊✊✊✊!.
As a black male I found it hilarious...i didn't even see it as black face and watched the movie multiple times and still laugh he was the funniest character...people get so butt hurt so easy these days
dude that's not true, black people can take jokes just like the rest of us. nobody gave a fuck about RDJ because it was hilarious and about narcissistic actors rather than skin color and everyone got that.
MeChan Ward you realize his character was actually doing blackface tho. Thats the point behind his character it was satire on the fact that hollywood would rather hire a white Australian to play a black guy than an actual black guy
I love RDJ acting in that role. As a black man I can never be mad at something like that when it's not coming from hate. This was pure comedy. I feel the same about that as I do when I'm watching white chicks.. Both were done out of comedy, not Hate.
Chuck Taylor Yeah he was nominated for one for best supporting actor in 2009 I think but Heath Ledger got it for The Dark Knight which deserved it a lot.
yeah lol a white dude plays an austrialian actor who plays a black dude who pretends to be a Vietnamese farmer, that shit should have been way bigger than it was lol
@@asghaabjob9603 It should be. Piss these soyboys off and introduce them to a bit of humor and maybe just maybe the stick up their ass will come just a little loose.
slap_me_thrice fox is good at “set piece” impressions. He can’t do the characters that convincingly, but he has very specific things about them that he captures, particularly in the voice.
Robert Downey Jr. had me thinking he was really some random black actor in Tropic Thunder. I didn't even know at first. He reminded me of one of those mixed black dudes that talks like a white boy. How can we get mad at Robert Downey Jr. but love the Wayans brothers in "White Chicks?"
Daniel Simpson you are wrong. Your life isn’t dictated by anyone else. Skin color doesn’t change that fact we’re all human with the same capabilities. A bad break up doesn’t ruin someone’s life, only their feelings. If your poor and do nothing to change your own life, yes you’ll be poor. If you work your ass off you’ll be successful. Nobody is there to make you successful. If you fail out of school that’s your fault. If you don’t have a dad at home that’s your fathers fault. Or lack their of a father. Everyone can change their future. My future wasn’t set by anyone when I was a child or even before I was born. Each person alive can change their own lives. Thinking society is set before your even alive is lunacy and that makes you arrogant. History will not change. If you want a better future you have to work your ass off. You deserve nothing from anyone just because you say so.
Daniel Simpson that makes no sense. I’m not in a wealthy tax bracket by birth. Thats nothing but nonsense. That’s an opinion not a fact. I’m no more likely to get a degree in anything than anyone else. You are not what your parents are. Thinking that me being Caucasian born in America just like someone else not Caucasian born in America. Your work dictates what you makes not your parents. My parents are comfortable. I am not. So explain how my parents successes make them mine. Their careers have nothing to do with me. If you are lazy and think people just owe you things. You deserve to have nothing. I work my ass off for what I have. I was NOT born into it. You must be talking about the minority who’s parents own companies and are wealthy. Just because the color of your skin at birth, you aren’t less likely or more likely to be successful. If someone doesn’t have a father figure in a black community, that’s the black communities fault. Not the white man. Stop blaming others for your lack of success
The first time i saw tropic thunder i legitamently thought robert downey jr was black, he played it so good its one of my favorite characters to this day it always had my dying laughing.
When i first saw tropic thunder i was convinced it was another actor and RDJ just played the white guy parts. Also finding out tom cruise was in the movie too. Movie had too many surprises lol
@@krumpits Hahaha yeah i was suprised when RDJ revealed his real character at the end it was so good and i also loved ben stiller in that movie he played such a funny character
I knew it was RDJ, but my husband thought it was really a black dude until we saw the credits...AND WE ARE BLACK! HHAHAHAHA that movie was hilaaaaarious!
I was looking for this comment lol. I had put my phone down while listening to it and I was like “daaaamn that actually sounds just like him!!” I know this comment is kinda pointless btw so please don’t rip me apart for just saying what was on my mind. (Sad that I even have to say that but some kids are just so inconsiderate and disrespectful as fuck) lol
Jamie Foxx is the shit. He gets it. He’s an artist. It’s his job to be other people than he is in real life. Fuck what the role is. Pick the best actor.
Whatever. It's more Hollywood nonsense, getting away with what no one else can get away with, and people accept the excuses as "parody". yet it always seems to attack the host culture. Hollywood is trash, it has always been the source of the problem of division, for a reason. Pop culture is to the mind what refined sugar is to the body. Consume at your own risk
They tout an empathetic approach but their inability to understand the target of 99% of "offensive humor" today only highlights either their inability to empathize with other humans and cannot process the joke beyond a single layer, a stunted worldview caused by a below average analytical capacity despite the fact that any average person has the capacity for multidimensional humor, or both...Those angry with "offensive humor", people who spew hate filled, petulant rhetoric while hypocritically calling for egalitarianism, and those who critique the past with today's information all fit under either or both of those categories. Someone with real critically applied empathetic tendencies doesn't join the cacophony of screeching petulance that comes with any ostensibly controversial joke or statement, and they don't instantly choose sides of a moral issue due because of race/religion/sexuality/cultural context. Lots of the vocally opinionated today just want to feel included, saying whatever will contribute to the masturbatory echo chamber of static dialogues, intolerance and regressive ideology (despite having stolen the term progressive from people who desire progress). It's an identity thing, seeing as the demonstratively offended just repeat what they think will socially ingratiate them. They do a disservice to very important causes (LGBTQ rights, racial equality, feminism, etc) by being the most vocal and extreme proponents and alienating mostly reasonable, critically analytic people with absurd conclusions, intolerance, hypocracy, and petulant cowardice masked by zealous fervor...sucks scrotals. They are to social causes what PETA is to animal rights, I can say as someone who's been a vegetarian since 6 in a meat family that I hate PETA and vegans(who use it as a chance to tell everyone...not for the animals) more than most. Just like the demonstrative offense crowd, they damage the cause by acting like embarrassing morons instead of intelligently changing minds...you know, the thing that would allow for change? lol
I’m black and the only reason I wasn’t offended by his black face was because when I first watched it, I didn’t realize the black dude was Robert downy jr until about half way through the movie. He did it so well that you can’t even be mad 😂
That shit had me shook. I've watched this interview a handful of times and somehow forgot about that. This dude can act, sing, perform standup comedy, play piano, speak exceptionally well, and can speak sign language?! It's like a higher plane of being a human being
You're right.. Ray was a great movie and he was pretty damn good at singing like Ray.. but I thought that was just coincidence that he had the right voice talent plus his skills as an actor.. I didn't know he was an impressionist capable of doing several voices and shit.. that's cool.
The other joke going on with RDJ’s character was how ridiculous the industry can be with casting. Like John Wayne playing Genghis Khan. A lot of Ben Stillers stuff rides on that theme within other industries too. Like Zoolander.
It's not the "left" lol.. People being overly dramatic is not about politics. Today's society gives more attention to the people starting a BS uproar about nothing and nowadays everyone loves attention. "Conservatives" are just as emotional as "liberals."
I saw a tweet once that said “if iron man was black who would you want to play him” the first comment was a picture of RDJ in tropic thunder 😂😂😂
Brilliant lol
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Iron patriot
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Second choice would have to be Jamie Foxx doing an impression of Robert Downey Jr. Holy cats, the voice, speech pattern, and word choice was all bang-on.
RDJ is one of the best black actors of our generation.
leonardo dicaprio is pretty good too
I was full on expecting someone to not get the joke. I am pleased noone is that stupid yet
lmfao
I could see RDJ take over as Nick Fury in the alternate universe MCU where Tom Cruise played Iron Man.
We love him 3000
man i'm black and i don't know a single black person who was offended by his role in tropic thunder, me and my siblings all laughed our asses off lol
Black people don't need to be offended by it as there's armies of white liberals falling over themselves to take offense on their behalf.
That is because as in everything context matters. They were not trying to demean black people but make fun of the absurdity of Hollywood.
@@Bellthorian correct.
And as a white guy on the other side, Dave Chappelle doing whiteface is funny as hell too
Exactly!! To be honest I hav5 heard from more white people who ask if I'm offended 🤦🏽♂️😁😁
I love how we're just glazing over Jaimie Foxx's perfect impression of RDJ. The man is a legend.
I'm convinced he can impersonate anyone lol. He's a national treasure
Yep he has a great Tarantino too.
Yep - he started to do a really good Dave Chappelle, too, and I wanted him to keep going!
4:23 by the way
@@matthiasaigner3083 Bro fr, I should have pointed out the time stamps
RDJ wasn't making fun of black people or "appropriating blackness." He was making fun of insane method actors.
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That’s exactly what I think thanks for putting it into words
Who cares.
and it was goddamn hilarious lol
this guy watched the movie
I’m black and mainly liked Tropic Thunder because of RDJ. “I’m the dude playing the dude disguised as another dude!” My favorite line in that movie.
He basically broke the 4th wall
@@MyBahamas242 exactly. Lol
It was so cool
And the underlying joke was pointing out how ridiculous it was for that to happen in the first place.
Nah best one "Never go full retard" lol 😂
That whole movie is about hollywood hypocracy and self importance. RDJ nailed as did the other actors great movie
Far from great movie😂 Tf white think any movie is funny i SWEAR.
F*** A Username ur whole channel is other peoples videos... dont talk shit 🤣🤣🤦🏻♂️
Loved that movie
I totally agree. RDJ killed that role. One of the best movies ever
@@youcommenttoomuch sounds a little racist that statement.
Jamie’s got a point here: there’s people who want to harm. But when you joke without hate, just doing or saying nonsense stuff or being satirical… why would you be offended? I’m Italian and I’m not offended if some actor does a caricature of italians… I know many people hate Italians, but Im able to understand when somebody jokes to offend or not
If someone were to call you a greaseball, is that offensive or right on the line?
Italian or not, they coulda found a better voice actor for Mario :(
America has a tabbo wity black face because it was used in the days of slavery to dehumanize black peoppe.
Some peoppe cant move on from that. And many peoppe who do use blackface are trying to dehumanize someone. But those cases dont go on tv.
Because the word racist gives power
Wait i am Italian also? I’ve heard of dislike of people Italians but I don’t understand why? I’ve never experienced discrimination, hate or dislike.
The character in the movie was doing blackface not him LMAO. Till this day it's one of his funniest movies.
I swear mfers be so stupid
@@jeffdk3837 yeah the only people who seemed to have a problem with it were the ones that didn't see the movie. It's not condoning black face in any way shape or form, it's trying to point out Hollywood's hypocrisy when it comes to race as well as open a dialogue for where exactly the line is for what's considered "offensive".
RDJ's character was just one part of an overarching theme throughout the whole movie. The Simple Jack "never go full retard" ties directly into this too. At what point does an actor appropriating someone else's life stop being art and start being offensive? What is off limits and "too far" and what makes them that way? The movie did an incredible job tackling these questions and most people I've met who have seen it understand that it's deeper than just "haha we made Tony Stark black lmao".
@@DSCris You worded that A lot Better than I could have...............People have FORGOTTEN Comedy & they just wannna be OUTRAGED.......rofl.
H Xen I just learned it was RDJ today
@@DSCris It's not even blackface. Blackface is Al Jolson/Ted Danson.
Will NEVER have a problem with RDJ in Tropic Thunder. EVER.
Besides, I think WHITE FACE is awesome if done by the right person. MJ was really messed up as a white guy (No joke here. He was legitimately a white guy in a video). But that's great stuff. It needs to be done well.
Samiam 666 - Let the man rip,
Samiam 666 he actually had vitiligo a skin condition that takes away pigment in you skin
@@saryjackson7705 No he played an old white bald guy with glasses in a video/movie.
@@saryjackson7705 lol idiot 😂😂😂
Jamie’s impression of Robert was frightening in how incredibly accurate it was
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@@kevinconsume wow it is spot on lmao thanks
Not as frightening as RDJ doing black face lol.
@@kelseyissastar not frightening what so ever
People forget RDJ didn't play a black character. He played an Australian
He played a dude that played a dude, disguised as another dude.
Really its more insensitive to Australians since it enforces the stereotype that theyre racist
@@haddy106 No it doesn't, it's satire and taking the piss out of method actors.
@@wink1eafc774 he was joking
@@haddy106 are you a transgender halfwit. I'm Australian I found tropic thunder fucking hilarious the satire is great it holds a mirror to the Hollywood and society
Most black people understood the role RDJ was playing. And we freakin' love RDJ. Simple as that.
Ummm, everyone understood the role he played.
@@Carlos27thFS It was a question of why didn't he catch hell for blackface, outrage that usually starts from black people. I didn't say non-poc didn't understand. So, umm...
@@jaiart6823 yeah, that's what I'm saying. E v e r y o n e understood.
@@Carlos27thFS is something wrong with you or some?
@@Carlos27thFS she wasnt referring to everyone, she was referring to black people and thats also what Jamie Foxx was saying when he said 'We' fucks with RDJr.
After watching Tropic Thunder, I just assumed RDJ was doing whiteface in his other movies...
😆 😆 Good 1
Hahaha
Lol
He is a better black actor than white.
Ah hahaha! I see what you did there..
I’m African-American/Black. This was NOT offensive to me. Mind you, this was also well before everyone was fake “woke”. It’s a difference in being malicious. He killed the role.
I agree with your opinion and I support it. Good job! 👍
I was always super friendly with random black kids in school, only thing is I would drop the n word with a hard r when greeting and saying goodbye, no one ever got upset, I think it was because I was friendly. Though one kid did want to fight me and I simply didn't, if it wasn't in the school or at my place I wasn't gonna bother, so nothing bad happened technically
'fake woke'. Word
Im really glad to see that not everyone has lost there damn mind!
Facts. And he’s literally playing a white movie actor, who in the movie is playing the role of a black army sergeant. And they have the actual black actor in the movie roast him multiple times. I’m pretty sure everyone who calls it racist hasn’t actually seen the movie, they just see a picture of a black RDJ and start making assumptions without context
RDJ did such a good job with the character. The makeup department also did an amazing job. 2 months before the movie came out I was mad because his name was on the poster but I never once saw him on the poster or in the trailer. Then one day I looked at it long enough and my jaw was on the floor. This whole time I was wondering who this random black dude was, so I was not ready for the reveal/lore behind his character. Also he portrayed a black character without needing to rely on stereotypes, while ironically the actual black character was more of a stereotype. Tropic Thunder, great writing, great acting.
I honestly can't believe people couldn't recognize RDJ from the start. That's just wild to me. XD
The black character was a faker who was exploiting a black stereotype for money. The white character was doing exactly the same thing, and that was the irony between the two guys. It was poking fun at people's conception of what it means to be "black" in America.
@@Vespyr_ I didn't recognize Tom Cruise until the end of the movie. Perfect makeup, perfect acting.
Casting really should come down to who is best for the role, no matter of colour/ gender/ race. RDJ was brilliant!
LOL RDJ did rely on a stereotype, and he did it on purpose, he plays EVERY black sargeant in every military movie ever made.
"People are always looking for something to be recreationally outraged at." I love that phrase. It perfectly sums up a lot of what we see on the internet, especially Twitter.
"recreational outrage" is a phrase I'll definitely be using lol
I was absolutely disgusted to see RDJ becoming successful after he started to do "whiteface" is this what an actor of colour has to endure to achieve success in Hollywood? It's worse than 9/11
Definitely borrowing this quote, Thanks
Facts! 💯
This is what Dave Chappelle talks about all the time
"People are always looking for something to be recreationally outraged at."
True.
I’m black and this is so true
I'm outraged that people quote things. 😁
@@Msosbog wow then how are you gonna ever gonna read anything
@@kikiii8150 😂
I read this as soon as he said... wtf xD
Robert Downey Jr was NOT doing blackface, his character in the movie was doing blackface. It was meant to be inappropriate because it was part of the story.
Preach
A distinction which will be waved aside with a simple, "That doesn't make it better."
People see the words, "RDJ in blackface" and immediately throw out any semblance of context. Pointing it out to them is essentially calling them ignorant (by the literal definition of the word) and they're not, in a million, trillion years, going to agree and say you're right.
@@buca117 i mean does the context make it better? Like its a white man playing a white man in heavy makeup to be black, sure in the story it is seen as extremely wrong but still is the action of putting that in the movies plot racist? Would it have been funnier if they casted a black actor? Or did they need to put a white actor through heavy makeup to look black?
@@ianbrown1810 Yeah, because the former is racist, the latter is a joke at racism's expense.
He's wearing blackface despite the fact that there's a perfectly good black "actor" as part of the cast. They (Tom Cruise's character) did it because they wanted to have a black man on the team while also killing off the black guy first, but didn't trust an actual black man to fill the role.
We the audience are supposed to look at that and laugh, because it's a satirical jab at Hollywood racist hypocrisy.
Basically, it's mocking racism by highlighting it. Or by "starting a conversation," to use the overly sensitive crowd's vernacular.
@@buca117 interesting i still dont know how i totally feel about it, the character i remember being very funny. And i feel not really knowing how to feel about it is part of it
Tom Cruise killed it as the agent in that movie 😂😂
Fr lol. I didn't even recognize till he started doing that stupid dance 😂
Wait what movie??
@@rizot0ny1996 tropic thunder
Yo wait i dont remember tom cruise being in there?
@@SuperVideoman2012 Yeah, he plays Les Grossman
Jamie Fox just casually transformed into a perfect RDJ for a good 15 seconds. That was incredible.
Yeah, just noticed he is pretty solid at doing impressions
@@ROSEBEFOREHOES he really is.
Ikr it was great
Ikr
I can’t stop watching it 😂
"Im the dude, playing the dude that's disguised as another dude." - Robert Downey Jr
😂😂😂😂
“Ain’t no Chris Angel mind freak, David Blaine trap horse door jumpin’ off here”
Hihihaha
Shhiiit I don't break character till the movie commentary..... Lmao he didn't!😂😂😂
That man is in his element... Cant wait for different movies.
“I’m just a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude!” Lmao!!
Me, i know who i am!
man i don´t drop character until i hav done DVD commentary
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💯🎯
It's "I'm a dude, disguised as a dude that's playing as another dude!"
@@fonzyaksin7881 Ugh… no it’s not! Why don’t go back and listen again, Fonzy! Aaaaaaaa!
Jamie Foxx is a classy guy. Great singer, great actor, great comedian
Might be paying off Vegas debt by doing UA-cam ads though.
One of the funniest roles in comedy EVER. “Man I don’t drop character till I done the DVD commentary. 😂
And he really did the commentary in the voice! So good!
Hilarioussss
Ain't nobody gonna do nothin to no one about it!
I never knew that I gotta watch it again with commentary 😂
@@THIS---GUY I did and it was so worth it. Also i never realized how dumb jack black was until I watched the commentary
*"I'm just a dude playing a dude, disguised as another dude."*
"your a dude who dosent know what dude he is!"
Exactly why it was so hilarious 😂 His pretentiousness of it all had me rolling...crying as an Australian hahahah
I am a Rooster Illusion
Theres a song made of these lines. Its amazing. I think its made with the OP-1
It’s just two straight dudes getting married that doesn’t sound very gay
Everyone else is talking about how the blackface wasnt racist
I just want to talk about how good Jamie's RDJ impression is
If you think that's something, you should hear my mother's Bernie Sanders impression. It's terrifying in its accuracy and coming from an old woman on top of it.
@@medexamtoolscom um could you possibly upload that because it sounds hilarious lol
It was exceptional. But Jaimie Fox is ridiculously talented so i'm not surprised.
I mean to be fair there was outrage at the movie but it wasnt because of black face but simple jack for making fun of the mentally handicapped.
Thought it was only me💀
Had Tropic Thunder not had a black actor as part of the main cast then I could see some people getting angry over RDJ’s character, even though his character was funny. But they had an actual black actor in the main cast and their interactions together were absolutely hysterical. Brandon Jackson played his character’s outrage at the best black role in the war film being played by a white actor so, so well. It was great.
IIRC RDJ was kinda scared and aired the film with the NAACP and they were fine with the character.
Tropic Thunder is one of the few actually funny movies of the past twenty years.
Edit: people seem to forget that the film was a comedy poking fun at actors, producers, talent agents, method acting, the whole nine yards. And damn it was true to life too.
underrated comment. Hot take, I don't think it would have worked, and the backlash would have been real if not for Brandon's character. He was the voice of reason. He voiced all of the criticisms about the situation out loud and was pissed at RDJ's character for the entirety of the movie. For all the wtf moments where we as the audience are like hell no, Brandon's character called it out and we are like hell yeah.
Jamie Foxx’s impression of Robert Downey JR was on point.
Also his Tarantino impression is gold
Downing? 😂
Walter Slaughter haha, I am dumb.
So good!!
Dowing 😂
I think Tropic Thunder did it smart. The joke wasn't that it was a white guy in black face. The joke was meta and about how Hollywood can be so insane they'd cast a white actor to play a black character instead of just hiring a black actor. Which they also point out in the movie. Intent matters.
nothing matters :D have fun. you only live once
Ask Paul Mooney............!
@@astroko Please don't advise people to be less intelligent just because you can't follow what they're saying.
@@jamescarter3196 you're the only one lacking in understanding here friend. He's right.
Hollywood is sexist racist misogynistic and hypocritical. The Hollywood moguls not the actors only care about profits. Fuck your social causes but if they can make money on your social causes they will fleece you and steel your soul to lead you to believe they care
I remember watching Tropic Thunder and thinking Robert's character was hilarious as hell, was never offended by it.
The joke was, that the character did not know how terrible his performance was.
And the young Black dude in the movie constantly called him out for anything he could. It was definitely hilarious!!
@@Albemarle7 seemed like an exaggeration of any down-home country black man over 50 I've ever encountered.... Which is alot.
I still remember watching it for the first time as a kid and I had no idea who RDJ was. I actually thought he was a black man.
Robert Downey jr wasn’t evening playing a black guy, he was playing a white man who was doing black face for a role. It’s not like they hired him over a black actor. People seem to forget that
Robert Downey Jr killed it in that Role so Good that We as Blacks aren't even Mad. He was *Excellent.*
It was an American playing an Australian playing a black American and that’s true acting 😂
"...the dude playing the dude disguised as another dude"
The 4th wall was smashed to pieces with that line lmao
don't forget the Viet 😎👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Now that's inception in acting
Exactly Obama
Ah, a fellow leader, how goes it american?
Can I just say his RDJ impression was really good
It was spot on! xD
It was spot on!
You mean Tony Stark impression
@@philleotardo1500 im.high as shit too brotha. Drug buddies yeahh!
at timea the accent was going in and out but yeah it was accurate to how some people act.
Foxx's explanation of fighting the easy fight against people who mean no harm is profound. We dodge the real, meaningful fights that are dangerous. It explains so much of the world, especially social media.
Yes I totally agree !
Imo, the "woke" movement is either a money grab (where that BLM money go?) or a perverse tactic to divide and conquer, based on misguided feelings.. either way, I dont believe a second the leaders care about black ppl. They may be tackling real issues (on the surface), but in the end, ppl who riot to blackmail a president that is actually trying to help "minorities" even if he doesnt even get 10% of their vote can't really be looking for their best interests
Politicians and corporations actually kill people and people love them.
Being against russia when it invaded ukraine; but cant be against US when it invaded iraq or israel when they oppress the Palestinians. Fights easy fights.
Correct. SJWs claim to be warriors but go after people who make the OK sign or mis-pronoun.
the real fight against misogyny and homophobia would be to reform Islam. social justice cowards
Jamie’s impressions of other people are great 😂
He wasn’t doing blackface. That whole character was a satire of intense method actors who go to extreme lengths to play a role, and pokes fun at the fact that Hollywood has cast white actors in minority roles.
Scottish Jedi atleast you get it. Most people can’t see past themselves.
The message is clear, but it's still blackface.
@@riotbreaker3506 Not traditional blackface. When I see real blackface i want to rip a white person's head off. RDJ did more of caricature becoming a black person with no ill intent. Very similar to Dave Chapelle doing a white guy. I wouldn't want what he did being confused with true black face but in modern times people put them together. I guess maybe if someone did it his way but with ill intent it would feel just like old school blackface. So in that sense you'd be right.
I believe they mentioned in the commentary track (yes, I listen to them, too) they were essentially making fun of the absurdity of Hollywood and the lengths actors will go for a role. Loved that movie.
I mean yeah. The movie itself has a news segment about how theirs a scandal of a white actor putting on blackface And also the lengths the actor went through to get black skin.
4:22 Jamie Foxx's Robert Downey Jr impression is fucking priceless
scary how close it is
OMG I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS, THANKS
Same voice
For which movie he played mexican?
I'm actually black, and RDJ channeled more than one of my uncles literally perfectly, mannerisms, gesticulation, gait, it made me respect him more as an actor, also it was hilarious!
I believe any actor can do any part, as long as they can act the part, they dont have to look it!
Neither of those words are specifically part of "African American vernacular". Gesticulation refers to gestures; often dramatic or animated ones, while gait refers to how one walks and carries themselves physically.
@@leeroberts4850
Margaret Thatcher has been dead for five years... In other news you actually watch Madam Secretary
@@leeroberts4850 Are...you trolling? Use a dictionary, man.
lee Roberts Because those aren't "pop" words, they are actual vocabulary. This isn't slang or anything made up.
He didn’t do blackface. He played an actor that did blackface.
It's weird how people missed that considering his final scene which was the Oscars where RDJ's character was not in blackface, it's clear that he was just playing an Australian actor who's doing a blackface.
That's the genius of it and it just works
but he never painted the face right?, he did plastick surgury to BE black, is it realy blackface then ? ;)
Ngl, I literally had no idea that that was even Robert Downey Jr. for most of the movie
As a kid I didn't know that was him until I watched it a second time
im ded bro same
Tom Cruise also took me off guard
That's why he didn't get any blowback from it😂 I didn't know either
THATS FUCKING CAP
Oh my god Jamie Foxx's impression of RDJ is hilariously accurate
You should see his Mike Tyson impression ua-cam.com/video/LPPux7lJ570/v-deo.html
It kinda sounds like Chapelle's white person impression to me, lol.
It’s hilarious but actually not that exaggerated
Right! He's pretty damn good at impersonations
The guy fucking nails everything. How great would life be if you were as multitalented as Jamie Foxx? Dudes a legend.
But the character in the movie was doing black face, not him
why does ur pfp fit your comment
@@stopthecap9914 explain
The Rich Effect you know when you say something you think is intellectual and put ur fingers on ur temple like that, it looks like goku’s doing that
@@stopthecap9914 lol
It’s also making fun of actors appropriating black roles. The controversy only comes if you look at Downey’s character at face value
Every joke has its comedic timing. The Office is a perfect example of a show. It wouldn't work today if it just came out, but it also wouldn't have worked if it came out ten years before it actually did come out. All great comedy is meant for its current audience, and we really can't be looking backwards or forwards at the repercussions it may have. Some people are ahead of their time, some people are behind, and the most (current) popular ones are thriving in the current times
Why its not completely wrong its overthinking, a good joke is a good joke and can be as intemporal as a good music or so
Has its timing but people are still watching it🤣🤣
FALSE: Robert Downey Jr. was a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude.
Wow thank you for all the likes! This is most like comment in history lmao
01/01/2021
Elijah Gonzales
ABSOLUTELY!
😂😂😂
Elijah Gonzales 😂😂
Elijah Gonzales lmao hell yeah
He knows why but he doesn’t have to tell you
"I dont drop character til I've done the DVD commentary!"
🤣 One of RDJ's funniest roles for sure.
@@hudldevice1092 "any tips?, any tips?? I'm I'm tryna get there too... but give me that God damn map!!" 😂😂 hell yeah he played the shit out that role lmaoo
I watched the commentary he did the whole thing in character
The commentary was far funnier than the movie
You more shredded than a julienned salad man
Blackface makes fun of black people, RDJ’s character was making fun of people who do blackface. That’s a HUGE difference.
Not really
Fuck your validation attempts
@@thirdgen377
Validation? Not sure what you mean.
Anyone who finds blackface offensive should go see a therapist, if you ask me (unless it's meant as an insult, ofc)
Blackface doesn't make fun of black people (most of the time anyway), it's often more like an homage / tribute, but since the world is full of idiots...
I'm an atheist and think that religion is cancer... yet I'd gladly dress as Martin Luther King and do blackface, out of respect and admiration.
Now, if your goal in life is to find stuff to be offended about, then you'll probably find a way to consider blackface offensive, regardless of context.
Remember when Eddie Murphy did whiteface in SNL? ua-cam.com/video/l_LeJfn_qW0/v-deo.html
I'd have to be clinically insane in order to find that video offensive.
@@Goreuncle black face literally is to make fun of black people under the historical context at least.
That wasn’t blackface. That was just a dude playing a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude.
RDJ’s role in tropic thunder was a critique of method actors
And it was scathingly accurate
This is The Joe Rogan EXPERIENCE. It's meant to be an escape from reality, accuracy, and context
@@dylanbrocks You just described almost all forms of social media, not just joe rogan.
As a teen I had no idea he wasn't actually a black man playing this role lol. I also didnt know who RDJ was either. And when it sunk in, I still didn't care. It was an epic performance.
It also feels like an ahead of it's time critique of whitewashing movie roles.
@@nightmarefanatic1819 it really was
He’s an American playing an Australian who’s dressed up as a black dude and later pretending to be Vietnamese 😂
He's a dude playin a dude disguised as another dude!
@@jonw7937 I thought he was an opium farmer?
And later became a lead farmer
With a bad Chinese accent.
My favourite bit was the Vietnamese, because he doesn't then pretend to be Vietnamese, he's pretending to be black, pretending to be Vietnamese. So his "black" characteristics and accent came out in the way he pronounced the words. Fucking hilarious. If he didn't get an award for that, he should have.
4:20 BRO HIS RDJ IMPRESSION WAS JUST 110%
Ohh yeahhhhhh!!!!
4:20 nice
Amazing. If you took away the video nobody would have ever known that wasn't RDJ.
@@Trazgazm yeaaaa ☺
Bro his impression was only 100%, why embellish? Lol
I hope he is okay someday. Thanks for everything you’ve given us Jamie.
I was thinking the same thing as I watched this. I really do hope he’s ok and that he recovers.
Why is he paralyzed?
@@rockyaldebaran4085From a certain inoculation.
Jamie's got it 100% right. Most of us Black people weren't offended by the character. Robert D did a good job in that movie. Now, it's a different question if a film uses a White actor to play a Black character when there are millions of available Black actors. But, that wasn't the case here. The role called for a White actor who gets so deep into his role that he lives the part of his Black character. Downey killed it. And the reactions from the Black actor in the movie, Brandon Jackson, made it even better.
But wait.... How can you say it's not right to have a white actor play a black character, but its ok to have a black actor play a white character? As we've seen lately with these adaptations of old movies and such. There is a severe disconnect with the whole "equality" thing because it's only considered moving towards equality when you're giving one certain race or gender more opportunities and complaining when another race or gender gets those same opportunities. We don't live in the 40s, 50s, 60s or even 70s anymore. The notion that we're still "so behind" is just absolutely ridiculous. Jamie said it best, people are just constantly looking for things to bitch about, they search out things to be "offended" by. But the fact is, if you get offended by something thats YOUR fault, because you allowed it to affect you.
@@Want2SurfNow yo… I think when it comes to culture appropriation, you don’t understand the difference between a black man playing some shit like a marvel super hero who’s usually white , compared to a film
@@Want2SurfNow What are we waiting for? You're the one that said that, not the previous commenter
@@Want2SurfNow hooked on foniks wercd fur me
@@Want2SurfNow because that is all of hollywood history - and it was based in malicious discriminations. I feel like I'm stating the obvious. Ate the whole pie and when you forced to share the last piece - you want to be like - well lets take turn on the bites... NO - you ate the WHOLE pie! I'm eating this piece. Go Away!
When the Wayans did “White Chicks” that shit was funny AF! No blowback, and there shouldn’t be. Funny shit is funny shit.
White Chicks was abismal though..
@I may have a small penis but, It was a trash comedy. Your taste in movies is about as dull as your username
@@wallysworld8380 hee hee you have a small weenie
@@wallysworld8380 yea, it was so bad that there's a part 2 in the works 🙄
@@josephdestefanojr.3278 Yes, because a sequel means it was a good comedy. You must think Grown Ups is a cinematic masterpiece. 😳
Love Jaimie Foxx, he's vey balanced and a great entertainer....
Amazing in every movie.
So damn talented
Always loved him in Django unchained
that was the best impression of rob downy jr ever lmao
I wasn't looking at the screen, I became real confused when he did it, also, his kanye impression is on point on other interviews
for tom cruise too.
Fools overreact to Blackface. We not in 1950's or 1960's. We supposed to move past this. If whites want to be black fine. They ain't making a mockery of the black race, if they are then you get upset but don't get upset over nothing. I hate how people feel they can get upset over every little thing and choose how people must live their lives. Robert downy jr changed his life around and we hearing people saying shit about a fucking character. Come on people, stop being stupid and being defensive about everything someone does or says.
@@adamsamuel8593 Adam, who in the fuck are you talking to?😂
"Fuckallyall for advocating blackface!!!!!!!!....this Halloween .....maybe I will dress up like a white man and act stereotypically Caucasian!. while making jokes about opioid usage ,pedophilia, privilege, and colonial genocide!........damn the jokes......REPARATIONS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????✊✊✊✊✊✊✊!.
Who would play iron man if tony stark was black?
Robert Downey Jr.
Rhodey was iron man for a long while, when Tony Stark was detoxing. So he can play war machine in the iron man armor.
@@Bizarrejoe Exactly...Rhodey knows how to use the Iron Man suits quite well,let HIM stand in where Iron Man is gone.
Robert Browney Jr
@@simonmurray1557 lmaoo
He could have played Iron Man and War Machine lol
Who’s watching this after RDJr interview
Came up in my flow to :-)
The algorithm
Stfu kiss ass
there is a funny skit with eddie murphy making fun of chappelle and the donkey teeth came up.
Yup
I didn't even know it was RDJ playing that role. Wasn't bothered by it because he did such a fantastic job and it fits so well with the movie.
same here, he did such a good job on that, if he was not in the credits almost nobody would recognize him
Same here. I watched that movie 2 or 3 times before I realized RDJ or Tom Cruise lol
We'd consider it an honor to have Robert Downy Jr play a Mexican
Gary Lopez facts
Actually Jack Black did it best. Nachooooo.
Ultimate Iron Man (wich inspired some aspects of MCU Iron Man) was actually half latino and named Antonio "Tony" Stark.
@Raging Ebola lol I think fortnight's needing your attention jr.
@Raging Ebola jesus, I'm not border patrol, no need to be scared.
I didn't know people were offended by this shit. RDJr was the greatest part of the movie.
RDJr was good but Brandon an Jack had me in tears I know most people hate this movie but I love it.
@@CaTFIshBi11Y
This movie was critically aclaimed, even with the controversy.
RDJ was absurd on the movie, he was the funniest guy for sure
#fuckpeople
Rdj was the movie
You wouldn’t know because those deadbeats don’t leave their houses
As a black male I found it hilarious...i didn't even see it as black face and watched the movie multiple times and still laugh he was the funniest character...people get so butt hurt so easy these days
MeChan Ward that is the way it should be. Most blacks aren't.
MeChan Ward me to
dude that's not true, black people can take jokes just like the rest of us. nobody gave a fuck about RDJ because it was hilarious and about narcissistic actors rather than skin color and everyone got that.
MeChan Ward you realize his character was actually doing blackface tho. Thats the point behind his character it was satire on the fact that hollywood would rather hire a white Australian to play a black guy than an actual black guy
Ty Uzumaki they hired multiple black guys it's not like everyone was white and that one black character was black face
I love RDJ acting in that role. As a black man I can never be mad at something like that when it's not coming from hate. This was pure comedy. I feel the same about that as I do when I'm watching white chicks.. Both were done out of comedy, not Hate.
Robert Downey needs an Oscar just for that role alone.
Chuck Taylor Yeah he was nominated for one for best supporting actor in 2009 I think but Heath Ledger got it for The Dark Knight which deserved it a lot.
yeah lol a white dude plays an austrialian actor who plays a black dude who pretends to be a Vietnamese farmer, that shit should have been way bigger than it was lol
And Tom Cruise. He killed it at the end.
Tugg Speedman beat him to it unfortunately
I suppose in the meantime he will have to settle for a twig-man.
RDJ has not apologised for this role and he shouldn’t. Honestly one of my favourite films tho it’s so godamn clever and funny.
Tropic Thunder could never be played today.Awesome movie.
@@asghaabjob9603 yes it could.
So many good lines.
@@asghaabjob9603 It should be. Piss these soyboys off and introduce them to a bit of humor and maybe just maybe the stick up their ass will come just a little loose.
Asghaab Job I think you’re talking about Blazing Saddles
4:21 that Robert Downey Jr impression is spot on!
Zander Bederi
WHERE DID THAT COME FROM???!!!!!
It caught me so off guard, but it was just perfect! Best RDJ impression I've ever heard.
Watch the whole thing. He is really good at impressions.
thank you for saving me time
slap_me_thrice fox is good at “set piece” impressions. He can’t do the characters that convincingly, but he has very specific things about them that he captures, particularly in the voice.
Lloyd well....it’s not that serious. He not trying to fully become someone.
4:54 We do 🤷🏾♂️😂💯
It was brilliantly funny!
The statement "People are always looking for something to be recreationally outraged at." Hits a problem dead on.
@Gabe Stein the problem...Do you not know
He says that as if it doesn't also apply to his audience.
Robert Downey Jr was funny af in Tropic Thunder
He was the best part of that movie.
Panda Xkills I agree
DeShaun Muhammad I hated how our people got mad at it but I loved it he's gotta do it again
😂😂 I just thought about that scene where he took the map from Ben Stiller
jon Doe I can't speak for all black people but I thought it was hilarious.Had me in tears
Robert Downey Jr. had me thinking he was really some random black actor in Tropic Thunder. I didn't even know at first. He reminded me of one of those mixed black dudes that talks like a white boy.
How can we get mad at Robert Downey Jr. but love the Wayans brothers in "White Chicks?"
RLMP Productions exactly!
Shaquita96 Jones haha it does cause i thought the same thing as he did lol
Daniel Simpson you are wrong. Your life isn’t dictated by anyone else. Skin color doesn’t change that fact we’re all human with the same capabilities. A bad break up doesn’t ruin someone’s life, only their feelings. If your poor and do nothing to change your own life, yes you’ll be poor. If you work your ass off you’ll be successful. Nobody is there to make you successful. If you fail out of school that’s your fault. If you don’t have a dad at home that’s your fathers fault. Or lack their of a father. Everyone can change their future. My future wasn’t set by anyone when I was a child or even before I was born. Each person alive can change their own lives. Thinking society is set before your even alive is lunacy and that makes you arrogant. History will not change. If you want a better future you have to work your ass off. You deserve nothing from anyone just because you say so.
Daniel Simpson and a black president removed any factual evidence you had about institutional racism
Daniel Simpson that makes no sense. I’m not in a wealthy tax bracket by birth. Thats nothing but nonsense. That’s an opinion not a fact. I’m no more likely to get a degree in anything than anyone else. You are not what your parents are. Thinking that me being Caucasian born in America just like someone else not Caucasian born in America. Your work dictates what you makes not your parents. My parents are comfortable. I am not. So explain how my parents successes make them mine. Their careers have nothing to do with me. If you are lazy and think people just owe you things. You deserve to have nothing. I work my ass off for what I have. I was NOT born into it. You must be talking about the minority who’s parents own companies and are wealthy. Just because the color of your skin at birth, you aren’t less likely or more likely to be successful. If someone doesn’t have a father figure in a black community, that’s the black communities fault. Not the white man. Stop blaming others for your lack of success
OK Jaimie has the absolute best rdj impression😭😭😭
4:19 Jesus Christ! That RDJ impression caught me off guard!😲😳
Colli_Wolly holy shit!
Almost spat out my drink!
It was a really good impression!
I watched this just to hear it again its so good.
Jamie is great at impressions.
When his character disguises himself as a rice farmer, that was some inception level sh*t.
*lead farmer
An American actor playing an Australian actor playing an African American soldier playing an Asian rice/lead farmer
Awesome actor!!
🤣🤣🤣
@@benvasey414 while holding the Sargents accent and trying to speak vietmanese lol
"recreationally outraged." That term really nails it to describe todays easily offended culture.
Exactly.
I thought it was a brilliant way of describing it! Im gonna use that
Yes. Being offended for attention on social media seems to be the in thing now.
Michael Block HOW DARE YOU
I got s black face emoji 🌚🌚🌚
I'd just love to see Jamie do a movie in Whiteface. I'd watch that 100 times
Didn't he do white chick's?
@@jamalgibson8139 That was the Wayans
So he'd play Michael Jackson.
The movie by eric andre called bad trip all the actors do white face
We, The Black Delegation, propose a trade of Don Lemon for RDJ.
Thats the greatest thing I have read in a long time... 👏👏👏👏
As a representative of the white delegation, we cannot accept this deal. You’ll need a Deshaun Watson type deal for RDJ.
Nah you keep your lemons we have iron man. No deal lol
No thank you hahaha
Comments like this is why the internet was invented!!
The first time i saw tropic thunder i legitamently thought robert downey jr was black, he played it so good its one of my favorite characters to this day it always had my dying laughing.
When i first saw tropic thunder i was convinced it was another actor and RDJ just played the white guy parts. Also finding out tom cruise was in the movie too. Movie had too many surprises lol
@@krumpits Hahaha yeah i was suprised when RDJ revealed his real character at the end it was so good and i also loved ben stiller in that movie he played such a funny character
Man this came out when I was 6 now I’m 16 today I just realized it was RDJ I fell do slow
I knew it was RDJ, but my husband thought it was really a black dude until we saw the credits...AND WE ARE BLACK! HHAHAHAHA that movie was hilaaaaarious!
WAIT THATS RDJ, I NEVER KNEW UNTIL NOW
Man I don't drop character until I do the DVD commentary.
Samuel Grizzle lol love that line 😂
Samuel Grizzle And I love that he kept to that. He drops character at the end of the commentary (which was just as funny as the movie).
His 'accent' is actually better in the commentary than it is in the movie.
K Haines Now the audience can connect.
Samuel Grizzle nailed it
Jamie Foxx is an awesome actor and comedian!! RDJ was flat out awesome in Tropic Thunder that whole movie was funny AF!!
His rdj impression was almost perfect
John Robichaud is that an antman profile picture?
I was looking for this comment lol. I had put my phone down while listening to it and I was like “daaaamn that actually sounds just like him!!”
I know this comment is kinda pointless btw so please don’t rip me apart for just saying what was on my mind. (Sad that I even have to say that but some kids are just so inconsiderate and disrespectful as fuck) lol
Akayy ! Nobody cares you idiot, what a *sad* pointless comment
Foxx is an epic impressionist
It was EPIC
Jamie Foxx is the shit. He gets it. He’s an artist. It’s his job to be other people than he is in real life. Fuck what the role is. Pick the best actor.
I might draw the line at him playing Hilary Clinton though...
On second thoughts...hmmmmm
@@NoLefTurnUnStoned. that would be funny lol
Jamie Foxx is a racist fuck for real... hes a great actor.
RDJ was making fun of white people that parody black people...he even had a black actor making fun of him as his sidekick in the film.
Dumbass libs don’t understand context or social dialog.
I think it was more making fun of method actors, who stay in character even when they are not filming.
@@thanatosgarvey3701 film was written, made and acted by libs. You think Conservatives make satire criticising racial injustice in Hollywood?
Whatever. It's more Hollywood nonsense, getting away with what no one else can get away with, and people accept the excuses as "parody". yet it always seems to attack the host culture.
Hollywood is trash, it has always been the source of the problem of division, for a reason.
Pop culture is to the mind what refined sugar is to the body. Consume at your own risk
@@thanatosgarvey3701 I'm a leftist. I support RDJ here.
RDJ wasn't doing blackface, he was playing a character who was doing blackface.
He was just a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude
"Recreationally outraged" is such an amazing term! This is 1000% accurate of the current environment.
Joe is always teaching me new words and phrases. I CANT WAIT TO USE IT on theses so called “liberals”! Lol
F ur comment. Ur licking boots 🤣🤷♂️
@@Loose3 cool his ur dora the explorer. F republicans. I put f because ill get kicked out because people start crying
@@hh-lv3ee did someone not respect your pronouns or something? or are you a victim of the white man and that explains your hood culture?
@@Loose3 No one is more outraged and triggered than conservatives, say "happy holidays" to them and watch their tiny brains melt
That's a great phrase "recreational outrage".
I’m using this for now on.
JDAnalog I can’t see it going that far personally
Right! I kinda laughed about that as its sadly true.
When he said that I immediately flicked down into the comments to leave mine about this phrase and saw yours. So simple, yet so profound.
Another good phrase is "willful ignorance"
The world needs to recognize that we're better
off if we think about things the way Jamie Foxx and RDJ do.
Absolutely!
They tout an empathetic approach but their inability to understand the target of 99% of "offensive humor" today only highlights either their inability to empathize with other humans and cannot process the joke beyond a single layer, a stunted worldview caused by a below average analytical capacity despite the fact that any average person has the capacity for multidimensional humor, or both...Those angry with "offensive humor", people who spew hate filled, petulant rhetoric while hypocritically calling for egalitarianism, and those who critique the past with today's information all fit under either or both of those categories.
Someone with real critically applied empathetic tendencies doesn't join the cacophony of screeching petulance that comes with any ostensibly controversial joke or statement, and they don't instantly choose sides of a moral issue due because of race/religion/sexuality/cultural context. Lots of the vocally opinionated today just want to feel included, saying whatever will contribute to the masturbatory echo chamber of static dialogues, intolerance and regressive ideology (despite having stolen the term progressive from people who desire progress). It's an identity thing, seeing as the demonstratively offended just repeat what they think will socially ingratiate them. They do a disservice to very important causes (LGBTQ rights, racial equality, feminism, etc) by being the most vocal and extreme proponents and alienating mostly reasonable, critically analytic people with absurd conclusions, intolerance, hypocracy, and petulant cowardice masked by zealous fervor...sucks scrotals.
They are to social causes what PETA is to animal rights, I can say as someone who's been a vegetarian since 6 in a meat family that I hate PETA and vegans(who use it as a chance to tell everyone...not for the animals) more than most. Just like the demonstrative offense crowd, they damage the cause by acting like embarrassing morons instead of intelligently changing minds...you know, the thing that would allow for change? lol
Dude uh, here's the deal; sure, fuck it, what he said.
@@Vikn01 semi agree
RDJ’s advice to Bettany on first day of shooting…”Oh Man, you never go full Jarvis”
I’m black and the only reason I wasn’t offended by his black face was because when I first watched it, I didn’t realize the black dude was Robert downy jr until about half way through the movie. He did it so well that you can’t even be mad 😂
did u even watch the movie? why would anyone get offended by that? u guys are so sensitive is pathetic
😂same here. Just the other day I saw it again and noticed nick Nolte was In it. Lol
how do you know if it explains he’s a white dude in the beginning
@@jaredbrinkman3343 read the comment again, he never said he didn't realize the actor was white, he didn't realize the actor was rdj
Named Dylan? Okay
"Recreationally outraged" is a great way to put it.
Thought the same thing! Brilliant phrase.
Hit the nail on the head.
I was talking about this subject last night and did not have a way to properly express it. This is perfect
It’s America’s new national pastime
Didn't Bill Burr coin that phrase? I know he used it at some point.
When Jamie Foxx said he knows sign language, it didn't even surprise me. Foxx is so friggin talented in so many areas.
That shit had me shook. I've watched this interview a handful of times and somehow forgot about that.
This dude can act, sing, perform standup comedy, play piano, speak exceptionally well, and can speak sign language?!
It's like a higher plane of being a human being
📠
@@TopSoulMan dude was just born to be a performer
@@TopSoulMan dude is top and top of the line superbly good at everything
Frfr I wonder who was his guidance . His mentor
"Someone hit me with the donkey." Thats funny as hell.
RDJ was a dude, playin a dude, playin a dude, disguised as another dude. Who also was a Vietnamese farmer
That was the other dude.
supersheets12 the Vietnamese farmer was the disguised dude
Correction: LEAD FARMER
@@chillo5687 I'm outraged about the unrecognized plight of the Vietnamese lead farmers. Lead is bad for children.
What an original comment.
Robert wasn't playing a black guy, he was playing a dude disguised as a dude playing another dude
Nico _ dude.
actually he was playing a dude playing another dude disguised as another dude
Wait I thought he was playing a dude, playing a dude, disguised as a dude, playing another dude?
i was bout to say, that first dude had it all wrong
he was playing a dude disguised as a dude, in the role of a dude.
Jamie's impression of RDJ was fuckin spot on
All of his impressions in this podcast were great.. Lol.
Mike Tyson, Kanye, Jay Z, Pharrell.. I didn't know he could do that, he's great at it.
Alex G The Kanye one was fucking spot on!
Sigrafix bro he won an oscar for an impersonation pretty much,
Sigrafix That was one of his claims to fame as a comedian! He can do crazy impressions... go watch some of his early stand up
You're right.. Ray was a great movie and he was pretty damn good at singing like Ray.. but I thought that was just coincidence that he had the right voice talent plus his skills as an actor.. I didn't know he was an impressionist capable of doing several voices and shit.. that's cool.
Who's here after the stroke? Prayers for that man and his amazing talents
4:22 - Spot on Robert Downey Jr. impersonation. That's hilarious!
Tropic Thunder is a masterpiece.
It’s not
STEVEPOKE tool
Yes you are right
@@STEVEPOKE u suck
STEVEPOKE smark
4:00 is when he starts talking about Robert Downey Jr.
Thank you very much man
Thanks
If you are wasting time watching the video, Id say you have an extra 4 minutes to waste.
@@Franco.Ar. No sir.
@@gus9663 sorry to have taken your time sir.
The other joke going on with RDJ’s character was how ridiculous the industry can be with casting. Like John Wayne playing Genghis Khan. A lot of Ben Stillers stuff rides on that theme within other industries too. Like Zoolander.
RDJr didn't play a black guy he played a white guy playing a black guy.
iamchillydogg That’s what makes the difference, people getting bent are retarded
And somehow Jamie and Joe still didn't seem to get that at least in this interview.
iamchillydogg ..spot on. The left don't care about context.
That was his whole character, the whole joke!!!
It's not the "left" lol.. People being overly dramatic is not about politics. Today's society gives more attention to the people starting a BS uproar about nothing and nowadays everyone loves attention. "Conservatives" are just as emotional as "liberals."