Now that Sony has cancelled the release of The Interview, I wonder if there’s anyone on the Sony lot going ‘I told you so!’
When we look back on this debacle, I hope people will view the movie as an egregious exercise in bad taste and hubris on the part of the filmmakers and the studio that gave it a green light.
Everyone on twitter wants to express dismay about caving in to terrorists and about free speech. Aaron Sorkin has called media outlets that published the leaks ‘guilty of moral treason’ and Judd Apatow says it’s a dark day for creative expression. Rob Lowe says, ‘Wow. Everyone caved. The hackers won. Wow.’
Do you think this stupid movie is like the twin towers? Or the constitution? Does everyone have the right to make a $40 million movie that makes fun of assassinating a current world leader? What if another country made a comedy about assassinating Obama? I’m going to be on the fucking NSA watch list just for typing that!
A dear friend once wrote a play called ‘Let’s Kill The President!’ knowing that it was going to be guerrilla theater, and that was part of the concept. But he didn’t expect it to play internationally or to get forty million bucks for his joke.
I don’t like Seth Rogan or James Franco and now I like them less. Everyone who decries the freedom of speech they have been denied in the cancellation of this stupid movie should come out and publicly ridicule the prophet Mohammed.
And you know why they wont? Because they don’t want to get killed or have a fucking fatwa put on them! They like their freedom but they recognize a threat where it exists. Why didn’t Sony have the brains to recognize that North Korea represents an ongoing legitimate threat? Why didn’t the State Department weigh in on this earlier?
You can read the early reviews for The Interview on Rotten Tomatoes, but here’s a teaser:
It essentially uses a major global issue to cheaply dress up what is two hours of hit-and-miss erection jokes.
Okay, so you’re thinking, “It’s not the point whether the movie’s a piece of shit, bla bla bla!” but that aspect is not irrelevant.
I would defend an artist’s right to make art, even bad art. But anus jokes aren’t worth dying for or even protesting about. Fuck everybody involved and the horses they rode in on, capitalist pigs one and all.
Thoughts?
Agreed, as long as we defend the right to keep dialog like “He hid that watch the only place he could..up his ass.”
Mr Picodogg – But of course! That is poetry and nothing less.
An old theme, the mighty (stupid) brought down (internet and phones) by the lowly (vindictive, egotistical with nuclear weapons).
could not have said it better. I am always waiting to use the word hubris…
ALLAHU SUCKBAR!
here’s what is confusing to me: why, what is in fact commerce is defended as if it is free speech.
k8 – Right?!?
They are poking a bear.
One with nuclear bombs, weapons and an army. This isnt some piddly ass shit they are messing with. This is scary.
Now that Sony has released it through pay and play it would appear they have taken what would probably have been a “bomb” and turned it into a sack of money.
Publicity stunt?
Out of curiousity Sister Wolf, what do you make of Team America?
What I find hilarious is that our local news interviewed patrons entering the theater showing The Interview. They were waving flags and wearing hats decorated with the American Flag. One woman referred to herself as a patriot and a proud card carrying member of The Tea Party.
I hardly think this was Rogen’s target audience.