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Fisher Stephens as Ben Jabituya

posted 7 years ago by janX9 (446)
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Fisher Stephens, a white Jew from Chicago playing an East Indian Scientist!

Bravo! This man does NOT get enough credit, he's played a Mexican, Israeli, someone from Uruguay, heck he even turn down a role in Rambo 3 as an Afghani! One of my favorite roles of his is an Italian in my science project, he was so much fun in this movie and I loved the goat!

And although I doubt he liked playing these roles, I also really liked him in hackers is the plague and Iggy in Super Mario Brothers yeah that's right!!! LOL

[–] PaladinNJ (21528) 6 years ago

He nailed this role.

[–] MIchiganJFrogg (-35) 6 years ago

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[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

yep , he was great in MSP and hackers.
... and this.

[–] janX9 (446) 6 years ago

He really is underrated.

[–] MikeCable (1860) 5 years ago

Just watched it again recently, he was hilarious with all the mixed up words/dialog he had to deliver, and playing it all semi-straight.

[–] VanHellion (656) 5 years ago

Yes! And, he's sporting a tremendous woody right now!

[–] janX9 (446) 5 years ago

😂🤣😅

[–] dajband (118) 5 years ago

wait what...really. wow haha.

[–] Kowalski (76313) 5 years ago

ONE OF MY FAVORITE FILMS OF ALL TIME WHEN I WAS A KID....AND NOW...FISHER AND JOHNNY 5 ARE AWESOME...GUTTENBERG AND SHEEDY ARE GOOD TOO..MCKEAN IN THE SEQUEL IS MY FAVORITE THOUGH....IM HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO....

…Where have all the good men gone
And where are all the gods?
Where's the streetwise Hercules to fight the rising odds?
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and I turn
And I dream of what I need
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life!
Larger than life
Somewhere after midnight
In my wildest fantasy
Somewhere just beyond my reach
There's someone reaching back for me
Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat
It's gonna take a superman to sweep me off my feet
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night

[–] TMC-4 (20181) 4 years ago

Fisher Stevens regrets his controversial 'Short Circuit' role: 'It definitely haunts me'

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/fisher-stevens-regrets-controversial-short-circuit-role-191051910.html

[–] VanHellion (656) 4 years ago

My brain hurts after reading that pathetic pandering nonsense. It's called "acting" for a reason. Christ....

[–] PaladinNJ (21528) 4 years ago

Concur. That role was brilliant satire. He has nothing to apologize for.

[–] strntz (12471) 4 years ago

He has nothing to apologize for.

He does if he wants to work again..

I'm waiting for the day when someone in Hollywood says: fuck it! everyone in Hollywood is fucking insane! I apologize for nothing!!!!!!

Yes, I have a long wait. Hollywood is made up of weirdos, not heroes.

[–] PaladinNJ (21528) 4 years ago

This insanity has gone on too long.

[–] InquiringMind (2272) 2 years ago

Unfortunately in today's environment and by today's woke standards he has committed a sin that he must now atone for. According to woke orthodoxy, brown face, like black face, is prohibited. It is a grievous sin. Anyone who commits such a heinous act must constantly apologize and beg for forgiveness or risk getting cancelled by the degenerate woke horde.

[–] moviechatterer (15796) 2 years ago

I saw a black lady on a tiktok , or utube short or somtning , talking about blackface.

she said blackface in itself not offensive
blackfacing in order to take the piss out of black people - offensive

[–] InquiringMind (2272) 2 years ago

Well then it seems like she is not a degenerate Wokester, just a reasonable black woman who understands history and what blackface represents. It is normal to feel offended when people treat a serious matter lightly. However, it is important to acknowledge that different contexts exist and what may be inappropriate in one context may be acceptable in another. Failing to understand this distinction is characteristic of overly zealous woke degenerates incapable of using rational judgment.

[–] HarveyManFredSin (4877) 2 years ago

I think that's a fair point, and I appreciate how open-minded this woman is, but Blackface has a pernicious history, and even if it's not being done to mock Black people, it might still be a case of a white person depriving a POC of an acting role.

However, I think Tropic Thunder is a rare case where it's 'acceptable', because the *whole point* of RDJ's character was to make-fun of the practice of Blackface (thus, that's a role that could *only* be played by a white actor). It's a thin line, because some people would say that Blackface is so hurtful, it shouldn't even feature in a comedy movie *making fun* of the practice, but I think it deserves a pass in this instance. If we can't make fun of *bad people* or, in this case, *stupid people* doing bad and/or stupid things, where does that leave comedy?

[–] HarveyManFredSin (4877) 2 years ago

Disagree.

I like Stevens and I like his performance here, but it would not be acceptable today.

And you can act a personality/behaviour, but you *can't* act a race.

[–] BOandBarbecue (2264) 2 years ago

he would be lynch today but truth is he give good performance and no actor around at that time give equal performance from india.

1986 may as well be 1000 year ago by how much thing change. this film would be cancel. this is why i prefer film from this time when woketard do not have there claws on film and tv and cannot ruin them!!