Videogum » Kirk Lazarus http://videogum.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:45:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 For Your Consideration: Robert Downey Jr. In Blackface http://videogum.com/40351/for_your_consideration_robert/webjunk/viral-marketing/ http://videogum.com/40351/for_your_consideration_robert/webjunk/viral-marketing/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:47:26 +0000 Lindsay Robertson Paramount is having a little fun with the annual season of For Your Consideration ads leading up to the big movie award nominations, mounting a new “campaign” for the Tropic Thunder character Kirk Lazarus, played by Robert Downey, Jr. And you know what? It’s not tiring or old. It’s still really funny. RDJ should get a nomination just for the Satan’s Alley trailer alone. Here’s the “TV spot”:

But from his latest round of puff interviews, RDJ doesn’t sound so far from his Kirk Lazarus character. Example: “Why am I having this year?” He ponders…” I’m just sayin’…simmer down, Robert Downey, Jr. Simmer down.

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