(photo: 2004 Paramount Pictures)
The North Korean embassy in Prague is trying to pressure Czech authorities to ban the satirical movie Team America: World Police. The movie makes fun of absolutely everybody possible: Americans, terrorists, left, righ, hawks, doves, members of the human race, generally. All come out looking completely idiotic, so it's not surprising that Kim Jong-il doesn't come off looking too great either. This situation is unacceptable to Pyongyang, says the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in this online article. Excerpt:
The main villain in Team America is North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il, who is shown in the movie shooting his translator in the head and feeding former United Nations weapons inspector Hans Blix to a tank of sharks.
Aided by vacuous Hollywood stars, Jong-il plans to carry out an attack with weapons of mass destruction that will result in damage that is "9/11 times 2,356."
"Such behavior is not part of our country's political culture," the North Korean diplomat added. "Therefore, we want the film to be banned."
However, the Czech Foreign Ministry said people would continue to be allowed to see the film, which had its Czech premiere on Feb. 3.
"We told them it's an unrealistic wish," ministry spokesman Vit Kolar said. "Obviously, it's absurd to demand that in a democratic country."
First posted at North Korea zone.
How could anyone say "no" to that smile? Well, apparently the capitalist pigs at the Czech Foreign Ministry can.. 
You said "...Kim Jong-il doesn't come off looking too great either." On the contrary, Kim Jong-il is the only character that isn't a parody.
Posted by: Brian Blazevic | February 08, 2005 at 02:17 PM
Sorry for the double trackback Rebecca... I didn't do that on purpose. Steps have been taken to prevent this situation occuring in the future. My action-response-team is currently working in shifts to correct the problem. Seriously.
Posted by: Nick Lewis | February 08, 2005 at 05:45 PM
Hahaha! Attempts to suppress a movie based on a Dear Leader would never happen in the US...
Posted by: NTodd | February 09, 2005 at 06:50 AM
Three trackbacks... that's it, I'm firing my rapid response team.
Posted by: Nick Lewis | February 09, 2005 at 07:50 AM
team america thing was funny
Posted by: carl duke | August 01, 2006 at 08:38 AM