Posted on 02/06/2005 11:18:35 AM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) - North Korea's embassy in Prague has demanded that the film "Team America: World Police'' be banned in the Czech Republic, saying the movie harms their country's reputation, a report said Saturday.
North Korean diplomats issued their protest to the Foreign Ministry on Thursday, saying the film ridicules North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, the Lidove Noviny daily said.
The film, by "South Park'' creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, uses a cast of puppets _ including one of Kim _ to poke fun at the U.S. war on terror. The team of marionettes fights terrorism, reducing world capitals to rubble along the way, in their quest to keep Kim from destroying the world.
"It harms the image of our country,'' the newspaper quoted a North Korean diplomat as saying. "Such behavior is not part of our country's political culture. Therefore, we want the film to be banned.''
The Czech Foreign Ministy said the film would not be banned in the Czech Republic.
"We told them it's an unrealistic wish,'' ministry spokesman Vit Kolar was quoted as saying. "Obviously, it's absurd to demand that in a democratic country.''
Officials from the Foreign Ministry and the North Korean Embassy could not be reached for comment Saturday.-AP
That leaves Michael Moore's legacy in tatters. His impact on the US elections was at best negative to the democrats whereas Team America actually rattled its target.
If Kim Jong-Il keeps this up, he's gonna be very Ronery!
Kinda slow aren't they.
Why???? Because it's accurate????
America, F*ck Yeah!
I am NOT ronery!!!!!!
BWAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Rather, but then it was only released in the UK January 14th so maybe they've just got the joke
"The film, by "South Park'' creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, uses a cast of puppets _ including one of Kim _ to poke fun at the U.S. war on terror."
Clearly the author of this article never saw the film.
Please elaborate for those who never saw the film. Does it ridicult America and the WOT?
You know, you'd think he'd be flattered....the puppet makes him look so much better. Not good, mind you, but much better.....
I have a librul buddy (working on him) who thought Team America was aimed at the WOT because of the hilarious collateral damage - BOOM! Take that Eifel Tower!
I don't think the F.A.G. actors have the same opinion.
F*** Yeah!
F**k yeah!
Kim Jong Mentally Ill is the funniest one of all.
I'm so ronery!
I thought I was going to need an inhaler after that one. LOLOL
Durka durka durka, durka durka!
"This is team leader. We have 5 terrorists on Durka Durka St!"
DURKA DURKA DURKA DURKA...BOOOOOOOM!
I was disappointed that Team America didn't do as well as the South Park movie. I wonder if it has a chance to endure as a sleeper cult classic?
How on earth will other countries translate the 'dicks, pussies, a------s' rant? The slang usage makes it understandable and hopefully funny in North America , and even in countries that may not have the double meaning in their own slang probably know enough American slang to 'get it" (UK, Australia, NZ, maybe a few others). But how many other countries have slang terms for the reproductive and elimination organs of men and women that also double as pejorative terms for unpleasant or ridiculous types of people? Will that pretty long spiel at the NK meeting of FAG just seem like an overlong, unfunny waste of celluloid? I wonder if they'll do a word for word translation, with or without their own corresponding slang terms in parentheses so the audience gets the joke, or if they'll just paraphrase.
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