The Atlantic- North Korea: Not Funny

[LiberalElite]

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/12/north-korea-is-not-funny-the-interview-sony/383885/?google_editors_picks=true

"In recent months, the uproar over The Interview, a comedy about assassinating North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has triggered an escalating set of reactions: retaliatory threats from North Korean officials; a sophisticated cyberattack on Sony Pictures, reportedly orchestrated by North Korea; a pledge by the hackers to physically attack theaters showing the film; and now, on Wednesday, Sony’s decision to cancel the movie’s December 25 release altogether, as movie-theater chains began backing out of screenings. The latest development is an act of craven self-censorship and appeasement—a troubling precedent by the Free World’s leading culture-makers. But rightful calls to defend freedom of expression and go ahead with the movie are also mixing with a far more dubious strain of thinking: that the film itself is a form of defiance against a dictatorial regime. It is not."

[belzabubba333]

1. a comedy about assassinating. this doesnt sound like the kind of movie subject about which

liberals would like to see as a comedy. du doesnt like jokes made about felons going to prison and getting raped.

[elehhhhna]

2. if this movie represents "our" leadership as "culturemakers"

We need to abdicate that role asap.