Ben Stiller: No apology
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Ben Stiller says he never apologized for 'Tropic Thunder': I'm 'proud of it'
Ben Stiller took a stand on the controversial 2008 film "Tropic Thunder" Tuesday, responding to a tweet alleging he had apologized to the "woke" cancel culture mob for participating in the film.
"I make no apologies for Tropic Thunder. Don’t know who told you that. It’s always been a controversial movie since when we opened. Proud of it and the work everyone did on it," Stiller tweeted.
The post came in response to a conservative user named Benny S. who wrote, "@BenStiller Please stop apologizing for doing this movie. It was and still is funny AF... Even funnier now with cancel culture the way it is. It's a MOVIE. Ya'll [sic] can just get over it. I was DYING laughing when I first saw it back in the day and so was everyone else."
Along with the caption, the user posted a screenshot of another tweet from his account, discussing how "liberals are trying to ‘cancel culture’" the film and circulating another claim that Stiller had apologized for it.
"When the Wayans Brothers made ‘White Chicks…. nobody said a dang thing!!!! STOP APOLOGIZING FOR THIS STUFF!!!!" one quote from the image read.
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Tropic Thunder? Why would it be controversial? It doesn’t make fun of anybody except for Hollywood in the 80’s-00’s…
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The entire point of the movie was to call out Hollywood's hypocrisy. Which wouldn't work if the movie wasn't considered offensive in precisely that way.
