Robert Downey Jr A Bit Red Faced On Oscar Nod

Downey plays an Australian actor so committed to the truth that has darkened his skin doctor, so as to depict an African American commando. What does it say about racial politics in America, that two days after the first African American president is inaugurated, Robert Downey Jr. Was nominated for an Oscar for supporting actor essentially an important role in the black? Of course, the role in Tropic Thunder is comedic, a politically incorrect spoof on Method acting run amok.