Atlanta and NY theatres to show "The Interview" on Christmas day

[DarthTom]

I live in Atlanta and I will be there on Christmas day to see this movie. Hurrah. Democracy prevails of the insanity of all of this.

Atlanta Journal Constitution

The Plaza Theater on Ponce de Leon Avenue in Atlanta’s Poncey-Highland neighborhood has announced via Twitter Tuesday it would be one of a few movie houses in the country to show the controversial film ‘The Interview’ on Christmas Day.
Sony Pictures Entertainment initially pulled the satirical movie about a plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un after the movie company’s email accounts were hacked and embarrassing missives were made public. Theaters also said they would not show the movie because of hackers’ threats of violence against them and their patrons.
But Sony’s decision was criticized by those in the industry and President Barack Obama and since then a smattering of theaters have said The Interview, featuring James Franco and Seth Rogen as tabloid TV journalists, will be shown as scheduled, with a Christmas Day release.

 

[Admiral2]

Hurrah indeed!

 

[DarthTom]

Hurrah indeed!

I was talking to a co-worker about this whole ordeal. The movie is a satire of the North Korean government and they pretty much in real life acted as satirically as allegedly depicted in the film.

If it wasn't for the threats to kill people who saw the movie - the North Korean government is a mockery of itself.

I cannot imagine what it must be like to live in that country. In some respects it must be worse than living in a fundamentalist Muslim country.