Movies Tropic Thunder’s Etan Cohen Goes For Oscar Gold

Photo: Dan Monick, Illustrations: Stedroy Cleghorne

Etan Cohen, the writer of films like Idiocracy and this summer's Tropic Thunder, knows comedy. But he's no dummy'he knows powerful dramas are the path to an Academy Award. So Cohen came up with a few serious issues he wanted to “explore,” and teamed with Complex's crack casting department to create some movie pitches sure to have him walking the red carpet come Oscar season. Ain't a damn thing funny…