It's because there was very little online social media.
It was just emerging.
Today the littlest things are broadcast instantly and a few people blow it up as if everyone feels that way. Reality is people still are no different than 2008 but the majority is being drowned out by the fringe crazies on right and left.
The right has a lot of crazies and to counter them many on left are equally crazy.
It is a movie and everyone enjoyed it because it was funny. Acting means to put on a role. If you need props to do so, that's how they did it for this movie.
I was amazed how well he played an Australian playing a black char. Should have won an Oscar for that honestly along with Tom Cruise, who was also stereotyping.
Both were stellar.
People today still enjoy this comedy because people like comedy and are mature enough to realize this is just a comedy movie. However people who are in media and advertising are hyping and blowing things up and making monetary decisions that is making everyone stop since it's affecting their income.
I guarantee if someone makes a movie like this, it will succeed quite a bit albeit there will be some lower revenue to the advertisers being afraid.
Make a dozen such good quality movies and the world will dramatically change. Because it is ok to laugh at ourselves
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