The Interview: a pop culture bomb

Whether or not people found James Franco and Seth Rogan’s film, The Interview to be funny, everybody is talking about it. Even if it’s, “Can you believe they got Eminem to admit he likes men,” or “Kim Jong Un’s Katy Perry impression was explosive,” people can’t seem to get this satire off of their minds or out of their conversations.
Is that a good thing though?
For those of you who somehow do not know, The actual Kim Jong Un, issued a threat saying, “We will clearly show it to you at the very time and places ‘The Interview would be shown, including the premiere, how bitter fate those who seek fun in terror should be doomed to … Remember the 11th of September 2001.”
The US abided by his terms and didn’t release the movie in theaters, but the movie was released online, I’m sure to Un’s dismay. Although nothing has occurred yet, repercussions from releasing it online could still happen.
Aside from potentially having a 9/11 reoccurrence, there is potential fallout in the gay community. The scene including Marshall Mathers coming out could not have gone over well at GLSEN headquarters.
After watching the movie people tend to become prejudiced or more prejudiced towards North Koreans. Our prejudices may not be far off though. According to the National Geographic documentary “Undercover in North Korea,” after the doctors gave patients their eyesight back, for the first time; instead of thanking the doctors, they walked out into the hall and started bowing, thanking, and praising a picture of their perceived deity, Kim Jong Un.
These are just a few of the ways that The Interview could disrupt life as we know it. Some of it could happen, or none of it could come to pass, but the fact still remains that this Hollywood flick will be on the tips of everyone’s tongues for at least a little bit longer.