7 Comedy Movies That Stirred Up Serious Controversy

It explores adult themes, offensive language, and controversial social commentary

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A features Sacha Baron Cohen as the Austrian fashion journalist Bruno, engaging with unsuspecting individuals and challenging social norms

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It includes a controversial portrayal of Robert Downey Jr. in blackface, portraying a method actor who alters his skin color to play a character

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It is lauded for its humor and satire, contains racial stereotypes and language now viewed as offensive by modern standards

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A revolves around a fictional story about a plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un

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A satirical puppet film that mocks action movies and American foreign policy

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A Kazakh journalist who interacts with real people in controversial and often offensive ways, testing social and cultural bound

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7 Comedy Movies That Stirred Up Serious Controversy

It explores adult themes, offensive language, and controversial social commentary

South Park- Bigger, Longer & Uncut

A features Sacha Baron Cohen as the Austrian fashion journalist Bruno, engaging with unsuspecting individuals and challenging social norms

Bruno

It includes a controversial portrayal of Robert Downey Jr. in blackface, portraying a method actor who alters his skin color to play a character

Tropic Thunder

It is lauded for its humor and satire, contains racial stereotypes and language now viewed as offensive by modern standards

Blazing Saddles

A revolves around a fictional story about a plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un

The Interview

A satirical puppet film that mocks action movies and American foreign policy

Team America- World Police

A Kazakh journalist who interacts with real people in controversial and often offensive ways, testing social and cultural bound

Borat