Never Happy

Here's an odd complaint, sent to the LA Times.

A lot of people have been complaining about Tropic Thunder (which I'm sure pleases the producers)--both for Robert Downey Jr. playing an African-American and depictions of retarded people. But listen to this:

...my wife and I were completely offended by the character played by Tom Cruise, a foul-mouthed movie mogul who was the true white man in blackface. His bumping, grinding and air-spanking to a vulgar hip-hop song was nothing more than dancing a jig à la the minstrel shows of days gone by. We walked out of the theater angry at the "racial sleight of hand" we experienced.

They seem to be offended on behalf of African-Americans, but Cruise was parodying all those white guys who like to act black. Maybe it's offensive to rich Jewish movie producers, but no one else should be too troubled.