Completely offensive or absolutely…hilarious?

Robert Downey Jr. has been cast as a black man. Yes, you read that correctly: an African American. The movie, Tropical Thunder, directed by Ben Stiller, is a satiracal film about a film about a modern day Apocalypse Now whose writers and directors get fed up with the cast and ditches them in the jungle to fend for themselves. The three guys, Jack Black, Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. have no idea what is going on. Rumor also has it that Tom Cruise is going to make a cameo in a fat suit.

So, let’s recap. Tom Cruise not taking himself seriously? Awesome. Ben Stiller directing another movie (let us remember Zoolander-for those of you who cannot see me, which hopefully is all of you :o, I’m trying to supress a shudder) a spoof on Apocalypse Now and Robert Downey Jr. (who is basically the whitest American EVER) cast as an African American. Yeah…this movie has the makings of an amazing comedy, or a huge flop because of the offensive-ness of it all. I guess I just don’t know what to think.

I’m a sucker for dumb comedy movies, so I guess I’m looking forward to it, but my guess is that this will be on the top 100 list of ehem, illegal downloads, before the critic’s heads can spin. I guess we’ll see this summer. Tropical Thunder is set to release August 15, 2008 and it is pretty highly anticipated.

Ben Stiller has a lot of crap to make up for…we’ll see how he does.