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I know it was 1999...

posted 7 years ago by kellycallie (728)
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But how could they get away with this? Juliette Lewis gave an incredibly offensive performance. The worst I've ever seen of any actor playing a person with a mental handicap.

Very strangely, Rosie O'Donnell only a few years later played a person with a mental disability in a life time movie and got slammed for it. And it was not nearly as offensive.

I don't know how they were able to get away with this without backlash.

[–] bigbadwolf666 (4707) 7 years ago

what do you mean?
did you ever see what's eating gilbert grape?

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Di Caprio got nominated for some awards for that movie.

[–] gcarras (2782) 6 years ago

Very good point, kellycallie.

[–] leader (2104) 6 years ago

People were too busy worrying that the world will end when the clock hits midnight at 2000

[–] R_Kane (15828) 6 years ago

Yet more evidence that people are stupid.

[–] leader (2104) 6 years ago

You are not wrong. :)

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Artists were allowed to do what they wanted in 1999. That's why we also got modern classics like Fight Club, Bringing Out the Dead, and American Beauty.

[–] CheekyMonkey (584) 4 years ago

Juliette Lewis is much prettier than Rosie O'Donnell...

[–] HarlemEagle42 (18430) 4 years ago

People forget, but you could get away with a lot back then, even by the 1990s. I mean, 'retard' was still a common insult in a lot of movies at the time.