Hahaha, I almost forgot Robert Downey Jr. is actually white

You dont get it. The movie pokes fun at the celebrities that try to be all political correct but in the end come off racist

It's not hypocritical at all. RDJ isn't "doing blackface" in this movie. The character he's playing is. It's an important distinction.

And he got the nomination because he played this role extremely well. He is acting his ass off every single second he's on screen whether he's delivering lines or just doing stuff in the background. He's never just standing there.

Prof. Farnsworth: Oh. A lesson in not changing history from Mr. I'm-My-Own-Grandpa!

Agreed. No one is b!tching when great, heterosexual actors play gay men or women. Nobody threw a fit when Robin Williams played gay in Birdcage. In fact, he was so much more convincing (with the few stereotypes they included) than Heath Ledger. No one b!tched at the very straight Sean Penn for his performance in Milk. Ironically, he's now with Charlize who brilliantly played a murderous lesbian in Monster... and won Best Actress. Care to explain why black people have to be so insecure and get so uppity at the idea of a white man trying to play a black man??

It's called satire. Is the joke on black people or on pretentious actors who couldn't be less self-aware?

However, RDjr does it in "Tropic Thunder", and not only is there no outrage, but the politically correct Academy, who spent one Oscars night dolling out awards to blacks to show how progressive they are, still gave Downey jr an Oscar nomination (not that he isn't a good actor), for looking like a racial stereotype.

Your comment tells me that you went full retard.

Cardboard Box is the Future.

After Lazarus loses the "black face" for the rest of the film, it's so hard to wrap your head about that it's still the same guy, lol. And not just because of the makeup, RDJ skillfully created two very different people.

"Acting -- the best special effect there is." (Stuart Gordon on Re-animator commentary)