I don't know what's more funny about the first photo for Tropic Thunder to appear over at Entertainment Weekly. Seeing Ben Stiller looking serious in military garb is surprisingly humorous, but not nearly as shocking as the black soldier behind him. And here's why...
First Photo of Tropic Thunder
If you don't recognize that African-American actor standing between Jack Black and Ben Stiller, there's a good reason: He's white. In Tropic Thunder, an epic action comedy co-written and directed by Stiller, Robert Downey Jr. plays Kirk Lazarus, a very serious Oscar-winning actor cast in the most expensive Vietnam War film ever. Problem is, Lazarus's character, Sgt. Osiris, was originally written as black. So Lazarus decides to dye his skin and play Osiris, um, authentically. Funny? Sure. Dangerous? That's an understatement. ''If it's done right, it could be the type of role you called Peter Sellers to do 35 years ago,'' Downey says. ''If you don't do it right, we're going to hell.''
Tropic Thunder 
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