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Tropic Thunder finally opens today, but it's been preceded by several exhausting months of promotions, viral marketing, and controversy. The New York Times reported this week that a coalition of disabilities groups was organizing a nationwide boycott of the film due to what they considered offensive "hate speech" towards the mentally disabled, stemming from Stiller's satire of actors who chase Oscar glory by portraying the mentally challenged in Happy
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