Caffeinated Clint
The skirmish for free speech was a short one – concluding quickly at the hands of a squat turd in North Korea.
Hot on the heels of Sony cancelling “The Interview” (which won’t likely see the light of day for months – and even then, it’ll probably go straight-to-DVD or VOD), several theaters announced they’d be screening “Team America : World Police” in it’s place. Funny! Creative! Fuck Yeah! Great way to give Kim and the whole ruckus the middle finger, right!?
Time to lower the middle finger.
Yes. Again.
Paramount has decided not to lend “Team America” out – likely because they’re afraid it’ll backfire, and they too will find themselves a target of North Korea next. And the last thing Melrose want are their emails exposed (likely they all pertain to Michael Bay, plans for a “Spongebob and Beverly Hills Cop” crossover, the “Star Trek 3” director fiasco, and Selena Gomez’s sex-life) and screeners of unreleased films leaked. If “Transformers 4” didn’t already tip you off, this is a crowd that would rather play it safe.
The Alamo Drafthouse were the first to announce that they’d be screening Kim Jong-Il starrer “Team America”. It would’ve only been for the one night, but it was proposed to be quite the event – handing U.S flags out to cinemagoers to wave about as they watch puppet Yankee heroes take down North Korea on screen. But Paramount quickly decided against letting cinemas have the film.
Anyway, I need to take a leak – – but I suppose I better call North Korean embassy first and ask for permission?
