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
Oscar Raymond Luhring Stat. 785. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 3, 1930, and received his commission the same day. Luhring served in that capacity until his death, in Washington, D.C. He was interred in Abbey Mausoleum in Arlington County, Virginia, and reinterred in National Memorial Park, Falls Church, Virginia. Oscar Raymond Luhring Oscar Raymond Luhring (February 11, 1879 – August 18, 1944) was a United States federal judge. Born in Haubstadt, Indiana, the grandson of German immigrants, Luhring attended the public schools and received a B.L. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1900. He entered