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Tropic Thunder

Probably Unanswerable Questions

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Cameos, careers, and a modern target

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  • The discussion asks why more major stars do not take brief comic roles like Cruise's.
  • Brandon T. Jackson's later career and the limited leading opportunities for Black actors are questioned.
  • Possible modern satire targets include superhero films, prestige A24-style films, and celebrity podcasts.
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Tropic Thunder

Who Won the Movie?

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Tropic Thunder

Five Movies Not Getting Greenlit in 2026

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1. Soul Man; 2. The Birth of a Nation (1915); 3. Juwanna Mann; 4. Tropic Thunder; 5. The Ringer.

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  • The Ringer ranks fifth on the list of five movies not getting greenlit in 2026. — Van Lathan
  • Tropic Thunder ranks fourth because the intact film is doubted as a present-day greenlight. — Van Lathan
  • Juwanna Mann ranks third because a man dominates the women’s league. — Van Lathan
  • The Birth of a Nation ranks second, specifically the 1915 film rather than the later film with the same title. — Van Lathan
  • Soul Man ranks first and is considered impossible to make in 2026. — Van Lathan
  • The film’s anti-racist conclusion is offered as a counterargument, but another speaker argues that viewers cannot get past its premise to reach that lesson.
  • The Crying Game is proposed as another film likely to be attacked today, particularly because its secret would be deliberately spoiled.
  • Fight Club is proposed as difficult to release now because preview coverage would expose its twist; the counterdiscussion focuses on lost secrecy rather than whether production itself is impossible.
  • The Blair Witch Project is rejected as workable under the same modern secrecy conditions.
  • American History X is considered still makeable.
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There's Something About Mary

Most Rewatchable Scene

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Healy courting Mary at the driving range is the shared favorite amid an unusually deep slate

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Approx. transcript time · 00:36:38Read transcript
  • Ted’s prom pickup, zipper injury, and escalating rescue response are nominated
  • Richard Jenkins’s therapy scene is nominated
  • Healy lying to Ted about Mary is nominated
  • Healy courting Mary at the golf course is praised for comic escalation and believable chemistry
  • The hitchhiker and seven-minute-abs encounter is nominated
  • The flag-football scene is nominated
  • Dom’s pre-date advice is nominated
  • The hair-gel reveal is nominated
  • Puffy’s drugged attack on Ted is nominated
  • The final convergence of Mary’s stalkers is nominated
  • The location cast singing “Build Me Up Buttercup” over the credits is praised
  • All three speakers select the Healy-and-Mary golf scene
  • Ted and Pat’s “deuce and a half” exchange is another favorite
  • Scenes in Mary’s apartment and the dog fight are offered as alternatives
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There's Something About Mary

The most "year the movie came out" thing

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The prominent use of Cops wins, with Brett Favre, Kool cigarettes, gay-panic jokes, and nightly sports highlights also cited

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  • Excitement over a Tony Conigliaro signed baseball is nominated
  • Brett Favre as a wholesome celebrity is nominated
  • Magda smoking Kool cigarettes is nominated
  • Building the evening around televised sports highlights is nominated
  • The abundance of gay-panic jokes is identified as specific to the period
  • Cops playing during Dom’s sex scene is selected
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There's Something About Mary

What’s Aged the Best?

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Its gleeful bad taste, regional specificity, durable performances, physical comedy, and escalating lies are praised

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Approx. transcript time · 00:48:56Read transcript
  • Bad taste being played for direct comedy rather than self-conscious drama is praised
  • The rest-area joke remains effective
  • Jonathan Richman’s musical appearances are praised as an unlikely device that works
  • Rhode Island, Boston, and Miami specificity is praised
  • The comedy is said to remain laugh-out-loud funny
  • Magda’s extreme tan and Markie Post’s performance remain running references
  • Pre-date masturbation and Pat Healy’s capped teeth remain running jokes
  • A small lie escalating into a huge cover story is praised as a durable comedy engine
  • Casting the adult stars as teenagers is praised for preserving sweetness
  • Mary’s meat-on-sticks theory is appreciated
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