Perhaps it's a straightforward matter of triumph over adversity, with the tale adhering strictly to the rule so memorably spelt out in Tropic Thunder: "Never go full retard."

也许这就是一个讲述克服逆境的简单故事，其情节严格遵守《热带惊雷》中深刻阐明的道理：主角要有缺陷，但不能完全是白痴。

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Surrounded by a superb group of actors playing actors in his fifth directorial effort, "Tropic Thunder", he leads them to stratospheric heights of silliness, yet in the end never falters.

在他第五部尝试做导演的影片《热带惊雷》中，本•斯蒂勒带领着一帮超级演员拍起了戏中戏，并把他们带到了傻的至高境界，然而最终却从未从云端跌下过。

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In 2008, Cruise played a small but significant role in the comedy film Tropic Thunder, playing a sleazy and profane studio executive named Les Grossman.

2008年，克鲁斯在喜剧电影《热带惊雷》中扮演了一个重要的小角色——低俗粗鲁的制片公司高管雷斯·格罗斯曼。

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Advocacy groups have urged a boycott of "Tropic Thunder" because of the repeated use of the word "retard, " when Mr. Downey's character gives Tugg an acting tutorial.

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His summer was capped off by his Oscar-nominated work in Tropic Thunder playing a white actor playing a black actor in a war movie.

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But, he said, "Tropic Thunder" is a long way from the days when white performers would don blackface as a way of exploiting black stereotypes.

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