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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 17 Dec 2014
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      6. Conversely, over last 20 years Hollywood has found it very convenient to cast North Korea as enemy in films.

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 17 Dec 2014
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      7. In countless movies (Team American, Red Dawn, The Interview), North Korea is enemy, either buffoonishly evil or just evil

      3 replies 4 retweets 2 likes
    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 17 Dec 2014
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      8. North Korea makes a convenient villain because unlike China or Islamic world it isn't a market for globalized film industry.

      2 replies 22 retweets 18 likes
    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 17 Dec 2014
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      9. Tellingly, remake of Red Dawn originally supposed to feature China as enemy but changed in production to North Korea.

      3 replies 3 retweets 5 likes
    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 17 Dec 2014
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      10. Correction: Red Dawn changed in POST-production to shift from Chinese enemy to North Korean one.

      1 reply 4 retweets 6 likes
    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 17 Dec 2014
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      11. In making these anti-North Korean films, Hollywood thought it was playing it safe: what possible repercussions could there be?

      4 replies 8 retweets 6 likes
    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 17 Dec 2014
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      12. Shouldn't need to say this, but for the pedants: yes, North Korea horrible dictatorship.

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    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 17 Dec 2014
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      13. But as horrible as North Korea is, its not a global threat -- and there is a real problem with presenting it as a global threat.

      3 replies 4 retweets 9 likes
    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 17 Dec 2014
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      14. Making a movie like the Red Dawn remake plays into both paranoia and self-important fantasies of North Korean elite.

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    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 17 Dec 2014
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      15. Now, in making movies Hollywood shouldn't be thinking about their geo-political repercussions or how North Korean elite will react.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 17 Dec 2014

      16. But there is curious overlap between N. Korea's usefulness to Hollywood as villain & N. Korean elites feeling they are big global player

      5:19 PM - 17 Dec 2014 from Regina, Saskatchewan
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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 17 Dec 2014
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          17. Ultimately, the problem is that North Korea was an easy & cheap laugh for Hollywood,

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 17 Dec 2014
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          18. But North Korea isn't a joke. It's actually a real problem, one for grown ups to deal with, and not Hollywood.

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        1. nothings monstered‏ @nothingsmonstrd 17 Dec 2014
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          @HeerJeet Like DPRK being added as an afterthought to the "axis of evil" line to keep it from being only Muslim countries. Real consequences

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