>A coalition of disabilities groups is expected as early as today to call for
>a national boycott of the film "Tropic Thunder" because of what the groups
>consider the movie's open ridicule of the intellectually disabled.
>The film, a movie-industry spoof directed by Ben Stiller is set for release
>Wednesday by Paramount Pictures and its Dream Works unit.
>"Not only might happen, it will happen," Timothy P. Shriver, chairman of the
>Special Olympics, said of the expected push for a boycott.
>A particular sore point has been the film's repeated use of the term
>"RETARD" in referring to a character, Simple Jack, who is played by Stiller
>in a subplot about an actor who chases an Oscar by portraying a mindless
>dolt.
>
>
>*curmudgeon*
>"The best read illiterate in the country"

> A coalition of disabilities groups is expected as early as today to
> call for a national boycott of the film "Tropic Thunder" because of
> what the groups consider the movie's open ridicule of the