@cyndyh: well the jokes were at their expense. People laughing because Tom Cruise and Matt McConaughey’ characters had mentally challenged kids is not my idea of hilarity.
Let’s just say that as a parent who struggles with this challenge daily, to hear others laughing at the flagrant use of the uttered word “retard” is just so passé and lacking originality; my take on it.
I get the whole parody schtick with Stiller a la Zoolander etc. Just not my cup of tea.