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    1. 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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    2. 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
    3. 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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    4. 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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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 17 Dec 2014
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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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    6. 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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    7. 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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    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 17 Dec 2014
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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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    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 17 Dec 2014
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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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    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 17 Dec 2014
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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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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 17 Dec 2014

      22. Can't think of anything Hollywood has done that comes to grip with what a real Orwellian nightmare North Korea is.

      5:36 PM - 17 Dec 2014 from Regina, Saskatchewan
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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 17 Dec 2014
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          23. That's it for the North Korea/Hollywood situation.

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        3. Andrew Poole‏ @caribouwho 17 Dec 2014
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          @HeerJeet I don't know who zoomed/hacked/threatened whom but is this nothing but cowardice?

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        1.  🌈 Wilson E. Allen  🇺🇸  🏳️‍🌈‏ @Wilson46201 17 Dec 2014
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          @HeerJeet Terry Gilliam's original-version of "Brazil" still frightens me...

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        2. (((Rob Mickey)))‏ @robmickey 17 Dec 2014
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          @HeerJeet, speaking of tweet #22: what are your favorite movies that portray life in authoritarian regimes?

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 17 Dec 2014
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          @robmickey Brazil. Lives of Others.

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        1. Maria Chong‏ @mariachong 17 Dec 2014
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          @HeerJeet Mockery of a very complex, heart-breaking human rights situation does little to advance diplomatic efforts or help people of NK.

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        1. j.b Kawika‏ @jbKawika 17 Dec 2014
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          @HeerJeet someone really should make a movie of The Orphan Master's Son. What a great book

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        2. nothings monstered‏ @nothingsmonstrd 17 Dec 2014
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          @HeerJeet @MPAVictoria Too sad a story. I'd like to see Bong-Joon Ho try to make that movie.

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        3. Socialist "Insulin for All" Cowboy  🌹 💉‏ @MPAVictoria 17 Dec 2014
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          @nothingsmonstrd @HeerJeet Gilliam would make an interesting attempt....

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