Asian geopolitics may never be the same now that Kim Jong Un has Seth Rogen and James Franco in his cross hairs.
Their new comedy, ¡°The Interview,¡± centers on a plot to assassinate Kim. The baby-faced dictator with the awful haircut doesn¡¯t see the humor in it. His dad, Kim Jong Il, was none-too-happy about being the dupe in the 2004 feature, ¡°Team America,¡± by the ¡°South Park¡± guys. Nor did he enjoy seeing James Bond foil Pyongyang in 2002¡¯s ¡°Die Another Day.¡± Now, Kim the younger has warned Washington that allowing distribution of the Rogen-Franco film is an ¡°act of war.¡± He punctuated his displeasure by firing three short-range missiles Friday.
Hollywood¡¯s best scriptwriters couldn¡¯t make this stuff up. What is it with Tinseltown and the Hermit Kingdom anyway? Pyongyang¡¯s ruthlessness has provided plot points for, among others, ¡°World War Z,¡± with Brad Pitt; ¡°Salt,¡± featuring Angelina Jolie; ¡°Olympus is Falling,¡± starring Morgan Freeman; and ¡°Stealth,¡± with Jamie Foxx. In 2012, when director Dan Bradley filmed a remake of the 1984 ¡°Red Dawn,¡± North Koreans replaced Russians as the villainous invaders.
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