At the time I’m writing this article, The Interview (which is a controversial film about North Korea. According to its trailer, it looks more like Bio-Dome characters adventures in NK) is about to be released this Christmas. It sparked controversial few weeks ago because Sony was hacked due to the fact that hackers hate this film. I’m not sure it’s just a publicity stunt or NK hacked all information. Nonetheless, it makes us wonder about US foreign policies and freedom of speech again. And speaking of North Korea, there’s a film that released around 10 years ago that also makes fun of NK…and nobody was enraged at all. So today I decide to watch it again in order to find out something meaningful from this film.
Of course, the film is extremely hilarious, has memorable songs, and cleverly makes fun of Kim Jong-Il. But what this film tries to tell us? Well, it makes fun of both right-wing and left-wing. We all know that the film makes fun of the Utopia style of left-wing like, you know, “we should all live in peace! we should discussed each other and sing a song together”. I mean, nobody wants to make a war in a first place. I HATE George W. Bush Jr., but there’s no way we can avoid wars! We will never live in peace since we have different cultures, beliefs and so on. And how should we deal with it? I think we should discuss them first, then has a sanction on them, and then…probably war. Again, I’m not pro-war person or a guy who likes to play this game, but I think there must be a solution out there somewhere…somehow. Just look at Obama for instance, okay…he sent drones there and there, but there’s no confidence at all when he has to speak about foreign policies. Do you think who’s gonna win? USA or terrorists? At least, it makes some people more nervous about the future of country.
On the other hand, the film makes fun of right-wing’s notion that we’re world police. Usually, they fantasize themselves as a cop who has to protect the world (sadly, most of them think they are cops from CHiPs. That should tell you why US foreign policies sucks) and forget the fact that an army has to face lots of problems on the battlefield, including mental issues. In this film, they depict USA as a special force who goes to every country to make sure terrorists will get shot. And in case we destroy places like Eiffel Tower or Pyramid, fuck that! We protect the world. Hooraaaay! Just look at Fox News, some people there still believe that US “won an Iraq War”. Yeah. Your democracy works so great, the country is about to be fucking teared apart! UGH!
Overall, I think the film asks us to find a balance between “living in peace” and “get rid of terrorists”, which is kinda interesting and sounds better than adapting idea from one side alone.