1.0 link 118058 <![CDATA[Advocates For The Disabled Plan Boycott Of New Ben Stiller Movie]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/10/advocates-for-the-disable_n_118058.html A coalition of disabilities groups is expected as early as Monday to call for a national boycott of the film "Tropic Thunder" because of what the groups consider the movie's open ridicule of the intellectually disabled.

The film, a movie-industry spoof directed by Ben Stiller, is set for release on Wednesday by Paramount Pictures and its DreamWorks unit.

"Not only might it happen, it will happen," Timothy P. Shriver, chairman of the Special Olympics, said of the expected push for a boycott....

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