PDS 1.23 Robert Downey Jr. CONTROVERSY & Backlash, Virginia Protests & Bills, & Brexit Is Law
The Philip DeFranco Show
philip defranco
4.7 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2020
⏱️ 12 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Sup you beautiful bastards. |
| 0:01.5 | Hope you've been a fantastic Thursday. |
| 0:03.4 | Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco Show. |
| 0:05.4 | Buckle up, hit that like button, |
| 0:07.1 | otherwise it will punch you in the throat |
| 0:09.0 | and let's just jump into it. |
| 0:10.3 | And the first thing we're gonna talk about today |
| 0:12.1 | it is the internet's favorite game show, |
| 0:14.9 | White Guy talks about a racism debate. |
| 0:19.9 | So if you haven't seen, |
| 0:20.6 | there's this debate around Robert Downey Jr. |
| 0:22.2 | The way this all started is Downey went on Joe Rogan's podcast on January 15th. |
| 0:25.9 | And there, Rogan asks him some questions about his role in the 2008 movie, Tropic Thunder. |
| 0:29.8 | Right, and Tropic Thunder, if you don't know, it's a satirical action comedy about four actors |
| 0:33.2 | who are filming a Vietnam War movie. |
| 0:34.8 | In the film, Downey plays Kirk Lazarath, a method actor who got pigmentation alteration surgery |
| 0:39.2 | to darken his skin so he could play a black character |
| 0:41.2 | for the movie. |
| 0:41.7 | Even in 2008, that caused some controversy, |
| 0:43.9 | drew some criticisms, but overall, the film |
| 0:45.8 | was received by critics. |
| 0:46.7 | And in fact, Downey was even nominated for an Oscar, |
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