Oscar bait Reader" (2008). In the film "Tropic Thunder" (2008), characters Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller) and Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.) discuss the concept regarding Speedman's former role in the fictional film "Simple Jack", in which Lazarus notes that "you never go full retard", contrasting the Oscar successes of Dustin Hoffman ("Rain Man", 1988) and Tom Hanks ("Forrest Gump", 1994) with Sean Penn's failure to win an award for his role in "I Am Sam" (2001). "Tropic Thunder" received protests from disability rights organisations due to its constant use of the word "retard"; Stiller defended the scene as being intended to lampoon
Miracle in the Rain the future. However, upon returning to the screen after a seven-year absence, he found that his initial six films in the 1948–50 period, including the acclaimed "A Letter to Three Wives", did not restore his career as leading man and he turned to television, making his small-screen debut with "Miracle in the Rain". The role of Ruth was given to Joy Geffen, a New York stage actress with a number of undocumented appearances during TV's earliest days and at least six recorded credits for live dramas airing between 1949 and 1953. The storyline allowed for two additional characters, Ruth's mother,