Re: [MOPO] The Interview

[Simon Oram]

I think it still amounts to giving in to a terrorist threat.   Also Japan economically is not in a good place, I would think that has allot to do with the decision to pull the film as well but I think if Sony had gone ahead with showing the film it would shown the world that they are a strong nation. Unfortunately this is not the case and is worrying. Simon Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. From: Posteropolis Sent: Friday, 19 December 2014 14:32 To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Reply To: Posteropolis Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Interview Hi, Toochis:   Death of a President (2006), about the assassination of George W. Bush was controversial, though not as much as this and it had only limited release anyway because it was not a major studio film.   One thing that never gets mentioned in this controversy is that Sony is a Japanese company and thus much more sensitive to pressure to North Korea than a US corporation might be, given the dark history that connects Japan and Korea and of course Japan’s physical proximity to North Korea.   Dave     From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Toochis Morin Sent: December-19-14 9:20 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Interview   I think the 9/11-type threats made it tough for the release. Also the other studios were upset that audiences would be too afraid to go to the movies.    One question:  which movies have the assassination or killing of a contemporary living person in them?  What kind of controversy did they cause?     Toochis  Sent from my iPhone On Dec 19, 2014, at 4:11 AM, Simon Oram <fab5fre...@btinternet.com> wrote: Sony have no backbone but that's typical of many if not all Corporations.    I would of imagined Team America was more controversial?   Nomis   Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. From: Tommy Barr Sent: Friday, 19 December 2014 10:38 To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Reply To: Tommy Barr Subject: [MOPO] The Interview   All very quiet here about what I thought would be an item of extreme interest. Who is to blame for pulling the film - Sony or the American cinema chains who refused to show the movie?   Tommy   To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1   To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1