10. Correction: Red Dawn changed in POST-production to shift from Chinese enemy to North Korean one.
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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?
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12. Shouldn't need to say this, but for the pedants: yes, North Korea horrible dictatorship.
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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.
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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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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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16. But there is curious overlap between N. Korea's usefulness to Hollywood as villain & N. Korean elites feeling they are big global player
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17. Ultimately, the problem is that North Korea was an easy & cheap laugh for Hollywood,
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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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19. As a couple of commentators have mentioned, another context is Sony is Japanese company (so tied up with Japanese/N. Korean history)
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20. To clarify point #18. I'm all in favor of anti-authoritarian art and satire. North Korea is a rich target for such art and satire.
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21. Problem with Hollywood's anti-North Korean stuff was it was cheap. "Kim Jong-il is short and fat" is not great satire. Sorry.
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