Conclusion

I can see that this issue can create a lot of tension, however i don't believe it was intended they way the people were offended took it. When you watch Ben Stiller movies you supposed to be happy and its a funny movie, but this one just had a different sense of humor. I think some parts of the movie were taken too far and could have been changed to decrease some of the protesting. 
 The Media doesn't always show the sensitivity it should to some topics in life that are no big deal to some people but someone else whole life. In this movie the media which was the movie they were shooting,they were portraying characters "offensively" or "politically incorrect" as some boycott participants had said. But the reality of the media and this issue is that they don't actually try to offend people. But its their jobs to entertain the world, and this may cause them to overlook and forget that people don't always see humor they way they might.

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Tropic Thunder Stirs Protest

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Media Issue

When Tropic Thunder first came out many people and articles surfaced boycotting the movie. The people planned to boycott it because this movie takes inappropriate comments to the next level offending the mentally disabled. In the film Ben Stiller plays a mentally disabled man named Simple Jack. In the film Ben Stiller and the cast repeatedly use the words "retard", "moron", and "imbecile".  This Film didn't show sensitivity to issues that are a concern to real people this day in age. NISH CEO Robert Chamberlin speaks out saying that the film redefined the term "politically incorrect". He felt the film was degrading and stereotypical of people with disabilities. 
Movies like Forest Gump and I Am Sam also displace these issue, however they do it with sensitivity and ment not to be a humor or as some people saw offensive.  A lot of other  movies present issues in their movies that are real for people and make them funny and stupid humor, however not everyone sees those issues as being funny. Issues like overweight, teen pregnancy, eating disorders, and bullying, and much more. They take these issues and try to spin them into stupid humor that is supposed to be funny. But the people with these issues sometimes don't see it them funny like they are portrayed. I believe that Dream Works or any other film company do not set out to make their films to offend anyone, but sometimes it happens. When it happens I think people should not take offend to it as much. Films are not made to offend people they are made to entertain people. 

Advocates for Disabled Protest Tropic Thunder 
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Summary

A star studded cast of a Vietnam-war memoir movie makes it impossible to film and stay on schedule. With a month behind schedule and over budget already after a few days of working, the director decides to take them to an actual jungle, set it up with hidden cameras and special affects everywhere. The cast would get the real feeling of being in the war. On the first day in the jungle the cast and crew are attacked by a gang of poppy-growing local drug dealers, but the cast doesn't realize these aren't actors who are stalking them. The gang kidnaps Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller), whose acting career is going down the toilet.While its up to the rest of the actors Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr), Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruckel), Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson), to save Tugg and get back alive.