Comment on Sony’s theater of the absurd: How “The Interview” became the most insane cultural-political spectacle in recent history

Sony’s theater of the absurd: How “The Interview” became the most insane cultural-political spectacle in recent history

Let me see if I have this right, because the whole thing stretches credulity: North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has apparently managed to kill a major Hollywood movie. I mean, a stupid one, by all accounts, but still. We had a choice – “we” being a term of art that does not actually include you and me – of whether to stand tall for the supposed principles of free expression and free enterprise or “let the terrorists win.” We let them win, with barely a moment’s hesitation.

 

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