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What is full retard?
when an actor portrays a mentally disabled character as *totally* mentally disabled, with few if no redeeming values. Oftentimes in Hollywood, actors are known to sink to the lowest common denominator, and try to play mentally disabled characters in what are really shameless attempts to win audience and critic sympathy, in what is usually a desperate bid for an Oscar. Sometimes, playing a mentally disabled character actually *does* result in winning an Academy Award, so long as you *don't* "go full retard":
That is, the mentally disabled character *should* face some obstacles, but also have some redeeming values (an "idiot savant"). For example, Dustin Hoffman in "Rain Man" was "mentally disabled" but he was really an autistic mathematical genius. Tom Hanks in "Forrest Gump" was mentally handicapped, but it still a very functional individual and in his own way, charming in his honest if simple morality to people me meets, and further, he has some real above-average talents, such as being an Olympic-level ping pong player and an excellent long-distance runner.
However, this doesn't work if the actor's performance as the mentally disabled character has *absolutely* no redeeming values and is indeed "full retard" mode: a character that is utterly handicapped mentally and really has no "hidden surprise talents"; this ends up just being a film following an average mentally disabled person around for the whole run time.
Such was infamously the case with Tugg Speedman's flop movie "Simple Jack". That is not to say that Speedman gave a lazy performance: on the contrary, he spent untold hours studying mentally disabled people until he could perfectly imitate what such a person would act and sound like.
The problem is...that's not what Oscar-voters want to see. They don't want to see the struggles of a mentally disabled person in everyday life. What gets the Oscar votes in such performances are unrealistic "idiot-savants" who while mentally handicapped, might be really good at mathematics, or a good painter, etc. etc.
In and of itself, this means that ironically, Hollywood isn't actually interested in films about what real mentally handicapped people are like; they're interested in movies about characters who have a few mental handicaps, but are also capable of unrealistically extraordinary things.
What Speedman did, actually trying to portray a character as *fully* mentally handicapped without any "hidden talents", is a death sentence for a film.
This is why actors in films that actually portray what real-life mentally handicapped people are like, such as Cuba Gooding Jr in "Radio", or Sean Penn in "I Am Sam", have failed to win Oscars for their performances.
In short, an actor should never "go full retard" if they expect to make a successful Oscar vehicle.
"Check it out. Dustin Hoffman, Rain Man. Looked Retarded. Acted Retarded. NOT retarded. He could count toothpicks, cheat at cards. Autistic. Sure. NOT retarded. Tom Hanks' Forest Gump. Slow? Yes. Retarded? Maybe. Braces on his legs. But he charmed the pants off Nixon, and won a ping-pong competition. That ain't retarded! Peter Sellers, "Being There", infantile? Yes. Retarded? No.
You went full retarded man. You never go full retard.
Don't believe me? Ask Sean Penn, 2001, I am Sam. Went full retard. Went home empty handed."
full retard - video
Full retard - what is it?
The usual feeling one gets despite having been in numerous relationships and ignoring that sooner or later it'll end.
Predominately occurs with older teens and 20-somethings.
Only ignorance allows you to go full retard in love.
What does "full retard" mean?
Going ~: not detecting a troll, doing something really stupid or asking a really dumb question.
You just went full retard. Never go full retard.
Full retard - what does it mean?
A full retard is a person that is retarded to a greater extent, or an individual that spazzes out uncontrollably from excitement that would mimic a person with Down Syndrome. A person that goes full retard that is retarded can be incredibly dangerous, as they can generally black out from emotions such as rage if under emotional distress or if they feel threatened they will have a loss of physical arm movements and can feel no pain. If they start winding up a windmill punch and it happens to connect, it can be incredibly devastating, if not lethal, to the individual receiving the blow. A person without the physical retard strength that can go full retard will have a loss of neck control and will make a lot of noise.
Did you see that homeless dude go full retard when those guys took his sandwich? I thought he was getting hyphy until I realized he was actually retarded.
Full retard - meaning
Basically this means a person went too far out of character, in a negative way, and now we don't know this person anymore. However, if this person still has one redeeming quality that we can connect with then it saves that person from this title.
Before the term "Full Retard" became popular it was called acting completely out of character.
This person could be in a movie or a friend or an acquaintance. It would have to be someone you would know or someone that is expected to act a certain way like a police officer, firefighter, judge, etc..
Timmy: "Tom went full retard after his team lost the world series. Nobody needs to jam a hot curling iron up their butt when their team loses. I don't even know him anymore." = Full Retard
Tracy: "Stacy went full retard after her mom stole her boyfriend, for the third time"
Bruce: "Yeah, setting her mom's clothes on fire is so unlike her."
Jimmy: "But Stacy still works at the movie theater and hooks us up so she's still cool with me."
Lexis: "Besides, Stacy's mom has got it going on, and everyone knows that." = Not Full Retard
Full retard - definition
A level of retard you should never, ever go to.
You went full retard man. Never go full retard.
Full retard - slang
1) Somewhere you never should go.
2) Playing a mentally handicapped person in a film or show with no exceptional or redeeming skills.
You went full retard man. Never go full retard.
Full retard
Phrase used by Robert Downey Jr.'s character in the movie Tropic Thunder. Referring to when an actor playing the mentally retarded goes all out leaving the viewer unable to connect.
Sean Penn went Full Retard in I Am Sam
Full retard
to get so drunk that you are no longer a fully functioning human being.
Dude Todd is so fucking drunk. He has gone full retard.
Full retard
act stupid, moronical or like an imbecile
never go full retard!