DREAMWORKS - DREAMWORKS TURNS ASIDE TROPIC THUNDER

DREAMWORKS TURNS ASIDE TROPIC THUNDER

DreamWorks on Sunday rejected complaints from a coalition of disabilities groups that the upcoming Ben Stiller comedy Tropic Thunder subjects the intellectually disabled to ridicule and fosters hatred toward them. In a statement, DreamWorks spokesman Chip Sullivan said that the movie was intended to satirize Hollywood "and makes its point b featuring inappropriate and over-the-top characters in ridiculous situations." But when asked by the New York Times whether the disabilities groups might launch a boycott of the film, Timothy Shriver, chairman of the Special Olympics -- and a coproducer of DreamWorks' Amistad -- replied "Not only might it happen, it will happen."

11/08/2008