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Platoon parody effect; two qualified reactions to the portrayal; two proposed role swaps and Craig's response

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  • Tropic Thunder is said to affect later viewing of Platoon in the way Walk Hard affects music biographies because many shots closely parody Platoon. — Chris Ryan
  • One answer says the blackface performance has never personally offended him, while emphasizing that blackface outside this satirical context is objectionable.
  • A separate qualification agrees that it had to be as good as it was to meet that bar.
  • A second answer says he is not offended by the blackface at all, understands the joke, and can laugh at material like it.
  • Matthew McConaughey is proposed for Tug because Ben Stiller's version feels too similar to his Zoolander mode, with Stiller moving to Rick Peck.
  • Bill Hader is proposed for Jeff Portnoy because he would have brought fresher improvisation than the already-established Jack Black.
  • McConaughey as Tug is explicitly endorsed when Craig is asked, but the Jack Black replacement is challenged because Black's physicality and Chris Farley-like energy enliven the jungle passages. — Craig Horlbeck
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Hawaii production and promotional details

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  • The production is said to have filmed on Kauai, followed by discussion of Hawaii as a filmmaker family destination.
  • Stiller, Downey, and Black promoted the film on American Idol; Rick Baker created Downey's makeup; the makeup reportedly took up to two hours.
  • A Quint-like reveal for Four Leaf was reportedly rejected as one homage too many.
  • Bill Hader reportedly became nervous at his audition after seeing Tom Cruise there as Les Grossman.
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Production logic and consequence-free action

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  • The hidden-camera plan is challenged because the production would depend on consumer camcorder footage.
  • Four Leaf's fraudulent war memoir is questioned because other veterans should have exposed it.
  • The panda's presence and attack are questioned.
  • The discussion asks why the guerrillas do not kill Tug and why nobody hits anybody despite sustained gunfire.
  • Kirk maintaining the makeup for weeks and possessing more Oscars than Hepburn or Daniel Day-Lewis are questioned.
  • Four Leaf surviving is criticized because a redemptive sacrifice appeared to be set up.
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