Topical Skewering by 'Tropic Thunder"

MSNBC: Where “Tropic Thunder” is most effective is in its skewering of the pretense and spoiled-rottenness of movie stars. Downey’s Australian character, for instance, in order to get into character as an African-American soldier, undergoes a skin-darkening operation and then remains in character as a black man, over the protests of his actually black co-star.

Meanwhile, in one of the film’s best running gags, Tugg’s agent Rick Peck (McConaughey) goes ballistic over the realization that the production has failed to install a TiVo in Tugg’s palatial digs.

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