Wednesday, June 01, 2005
Kim Jong Il and N. Koreans as Hollywood villains
This article discusses how Kim Jong Il and North Koreans have been demonized in American pop culture. Increasingly, we see Kim Jong Il and North Koreans portrayed as the villains in films, cartoons, comics, and video games. It seems that Kim Jong Il has now replaced Saddam Hussein as the "bad guy." Bush's comments such as labeling Kim Jong Il a tyrant and evil, have undoubtedly contributed to this phenomenon in American culture. Reading this article made me realize how frequently North Korea is really used in our popular culture.
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That might have something to do with the fact that the North Korean regime increasingly appears to have intentionally starved two million people in its "hostile class" to death.
Give or take a million.
Evil? Guess it depends on how you define it. But to the diplomatic community which has long since forgotten its duty to prevent and answer such deeds, such intemperate language goes down like formadehyde in the gin.
"Starved?" I put them on a diet!
I just had the Team America: World Police DVD smuggled in this weekend. And you wonder why I want to turn America into a Sea of Fire????
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