>>6089266As always, Tropic Thunder has an appropriate reference. A lot of people superficially think the film is a satire about Hollywood (Tom Cruise doing his Les Grossman dance etc) but I actually think the film is also a satire or allegory of war. Think about it, the film begins with a botched (staged Hollywood film fx) explosive jet airstrike, the war film orders being haplessly delegated to some British director guy who is inept at following American orders, American POWs get captured / taken hostage, Ben Stiller decapitates a panda and wears its head, the entire conflict is a misunderstanding / mismanaged by sinister agents and producers in the shadows trying to manoeuvre clandestine personal deals behind the scenes etc
