Possibly one of if not the most controversial movies of our generation, The Interview has created chaos in the entertainment world. By practicing our country's laws of free speech and the right of artistic expression, even President Barack Obama welcomed and applauded the decision to release this comedy.
"The Interview tells the story of two television journalists recruited by the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un." This one-sentenced summary of the movie alone is enough to explain how this film is constantly stated as "a movie of terrorism".
A month before the release date, hackers who called themselves the "Guardians of Peace" warned Sony Pictures Entertainment by releasing: private internal emails, employee records, and several recent/unreleased Sony Picture films. A week before the premiere, The Guardians of Peace threatened to attack the red carpet showing in New York.
"We will clearly show it to you at the very time and places The Interview be shown, including the premiere, how bitter fate those who seek fun in terror should be doomed to. Soon all the world will see what an awful movie Sony Pictures Entertainment has made. The world will be full of fear. Remember the 11th of September 2001. We recommend you to keep yourself distant from the places at that time. (If your house is nearby, you'd better leave.) Whatever comes in the coming days is called by the greed of Sony Pictures Entertainment. All the world will denounce the SONY."
For people whom North Korea claims to be unassociated with, the Guardians of Peace seem awfully offended by this harmless comedy. This movie created by comedians who even call themselves "WESTERN CAPITALIST PIGS" could never be some government ploy to blatantly threaten North Korea in an act of terrorism.
Modern day views of orientalism are practically the same hardships that the Asian Americans in the past have experienced, except in a more comical matter. The most popular Asian American portrayals in our generation's American film history would have to be Mr.Chow in the Hangover series and of course Kim Jong-Un in The Interview. Both characters fit perfectly into the role of a castrated Asian male: irrational, angsty, and clearly feminine. The character Kim Jong-Un reveals his guilty pleasures of drinking margaritas and crying to Katy Perry songs while Mr. Chow has an obvious homosexual personality using feminine gestures and a high pitched voice. All these attributes contribute to the short Western standards of manliness that Asian males fail to meet.
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