Maureen McCormick won't see ‘Thunder’

Maureen McCormick has pledged not to see Ben Stiller’s “Tropic Thunder,” joining a host of disability advocate groups who have protested the movie over its use of the “R-word.”

“I haven’t seen the new Ben Stiller movie ‘Tropic Thunder’ – and I won’t go see the movie because of what I’ve heard — but I want to add my two cents to the opinions on whether it’s offensive to the mentally challenged,” the former “Brady Bunch” star wrote on her blog on Fancast. “I know Ben Stiller has said that he’s making fun of actors, not people with disabilities. Still, the movie is geared toward a younger crowd and I fear a lot of those teenagers and college students will leave the theater thinking ‘r*****’ is [an] okay word to use. It’s not. It’s taken years to get people to stop using that word.”

A host of organizations called for a boycott of the film. The organizations, in particular, have taken offense to a scene in the film between Ben Stiller’s character...