Rogerian Argument: Tropic ThunderThe film "Tropic Thunder" is a comedy about five actors who decided to create a film about the experience of a Vietnam veteran. The actors were self-centered and their attitudes made them seem fake and overly dramatic. In a last-minute last-ditch effort, the director sent these five actors to where he believes the war actually happened. Shortly after arriving in this unknown land, the director is blown up by an old land mine. The cast then finds themselves trapped in a real-life situation where they must use their newly acquired skills to survive in the middle of a dangerous drug triangle. In the film, Tugg Speedman was a fading action star who was going through a rough patch in his career after failing in his Oscar bid. Before starring in the war film, Tugg played a young man named Jack in a film called Simple Jack. Simple Jack was the movie within a movie about a mentally challenged farm boy who was abandoned by a traveling carnival and forced into love with a farmer, Chet Chetkinson, and his wife, Rebecca. Throughout the film, Jack faces the difficulties of rejection, but through it all, he has the courage to overcome adversity and live a happy life with his mom and his animal friends. After his film, Simple Jack, was a flop, Tugg desperately needed a hit to restore his reputation. During one of the scenes in the film, the two actors, Kirk Lazarus and Tugg Speedman, discussed why Tugg's film, Simple Jack, was a failure. (Tugg Speedman: There were times while I was playing Jack where I felt... [pause] retarded. Like, really retarded. Kirk Lazarus: Damn! Tugg Speedman: In a weird way, I had to somehow free me... .... middle of paper ......iler?". August 9, 2008. Disability News. March 10, 20102. "Memorable Quotes for Tropic Thunder". March 24, 2008. IMBD. 10 March 2010. .3. Goodykoontz, Bill. "Yes, 'Tropic Thunder' Offends; That's the Problem." 2008. MTV March 10, 2010/articles/1592544/story.jhtml>5. Brevet, Brad. "'Tropic Thunder' Tip: Nonody Goes Full Retard" August 5, 2008. Rope of Silicon March 10, 2010 < http://www. .ropeofsilicon.com/article/t ropic_thunder_advice_nobody_goes_full_retard.>