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Tropic thunder, the hilarious satire on celebritism and the smokeandmirrors of hollywood, was a huge cult film hit, as audiences laughed through uncomfortable moments with ben stiller, an unrecognizable robert downey, jr. I like to think the movie tropic thunder sheds some light on this case. You will watch here the best quotes, such as i will fck you up. Since jacksons boob came out, the halftime show has been way more.
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