Dave Skylark and producer Aaron Rapoport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight." When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to Pyongyang into an assassination mission.
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The Interview - Seth Rogen and writing/directing partner Evan Goldberg’s comedic look at the media and global politics - has already created an international ripple before it’s even been released in theaters. Sony Pictures has already digitally altered the uniforms on the actors playing North Korean soldiers so that they are not identical to the real-world military. The studio is now also in the midst of the ramifications of a massive hack that may be related to the film. It’s much ado about a movie whose central characters have their watches perpetually set to 4:20.
James Franco plays talk show host Dave Skylark, the face of Skylark Tonight, a celebrity gossip show that prides itself on revealing the deep, shrouded secrets of the Hollywood elite…
And/or their genitals. Skylark would be nothing without the wind beneath his wings, the Samwise to his Frodo, Skylark Tonight’s producer Aaron Rapaport (Rogen). When the team is offered the surprising – and fateful – opportunity to interview North Korean leader Kim Jung Un, the CIA (via Lizzy Caplan’s “honey-potting” Agent Lacey) recruits the unlikely duo for an assassination mission.
The film is brimming with Rogen and Goldberg’s brand of irreverent, crass, often childish, frequently offensive, and ultimately hilarious humor. The Interview isn’t a scathing satire in the vein of Network. It’s a parody that falls somewhere between Team American and Spies Like Us. For those who enjoyed This Is the End, Goldberg and Rogen’s previous directorial outing, The Interview will certainly be chuckle-worthy.
It does not, however, merit the threat of a global nuclear apocalypse. It will come as no shock if people take umbrage with this film. There’s plenty to mine from, as the gender, sexual orientation, and ethnicity-related jokes all sail far past what is tasteful or appropriate; which is frankly – given the premise and creators – to be expected.
The controversy surrounding The Interview is notable in that there’s been so much of it, when films such as the aforementioned Team American and South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut served up either far more outrageous, or equally unflattering depictions of world leaders. Perhaps there’s something in the distance of animation that allows for more freedom to mercilessly mock a dictatorship.
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The Interview - Seth Rogen and writing/directing partner Evan
Goldberg’s comedic look at the media and global politics - has already
created an international ripple before it’s even been released in
theaters. Sony Pictures has already digitally altered the uniforms on
the actors playing North Korean soldiers so that they are not identical
to the real-world military. The studio is now also in the midst of the
ramifications of a massive hack that may be related to the film. It’s
much ado about a movie whose central characters have their watches
perpetually set to 4:20.
James Franco plays talk show host Dave Skylark, the face of Skylark Tonight, a celebrity gossip show that prides itself on revealing the deep, shrouded secrets of the Hollywood elite…
And/or their genitals. Skylark would be
nothing without the wind beneath his wings, the Samwise to his Frodo,
Skylark Tonight’s producer Aaron Rapaport (Rogen). When the team is
offered the surprising – and fateful – opportunity to interview North
Korean leader Kim Jung Un, the CIA (via Lizzy Caplan’s “honey-potting”
Agent Lacey) recruits the unlikely duo for an assassination mission.
The film is brimming with Rogen and Goldberg’s brand of irreverent, crass, often childish, frequently offensive, and ultimately hilarious humor. The Interview isn’t a scathing satire in the vein of Network. It’s a parody that falls somewhere between Team American and Spies Like Us. For those who enjoyed This Is the End, Goldberg and Rogen’s previous directorial outing, The Interview will certainly be chuckle-worthy.
It does not, however, merit the threat of a global nuclear apocalypse. It will come as no shock if people take umbrage with this film. There’s plenty to mine from, as the gender, sexual orientation, and ethnicity-related jokes all sail far past what is tasteful or appropriate; which is frankly – given the premise and creators – to be expected.
The controversy surrounding The Interview is notable in that there’s been so much of it, when films such as the aforementioned Team American and South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut served up either far more outrageous, or equally unflattering depictions of world leaders. Perhaps there’s something in the distance of animation that allows for more freedom to mercilessly mock a dictatorship.
There’s an argument to be made that Kim Jung Un’s tyranny is no laughing matter. That to make a buffoon of him on screen is disrespectful to those suffering under his regime, that it is similar to laughing in the face of Hitler and his cruelty. Yet, that’s just what Charlie Chaplin did in The Great Dictator in 1940. Humor has long been a way to process the horrific and that which – rightly – terrifies and disgusts us.
Kim Jung Un is made a fool here, to be certain. The idea of him as a living God is summarily dismantled, as he is made vulnerable in mind, body, and spirit. There’s also a short-lived - but magical - bromantic arc between he and Franco’s Skylark. However, the film skewers the media, and to some degree the United States government, as much as it does North Korea. Nothing is to be held sacred and all is up for grabs if it makes for a good joke, as The Interview’s primary function is to make people laugh - and that it does.
This is the End played with horror tropes in a clever manner. The Interview is slightly
less savvy in terms of its handling of the spy thriller. However, the
film absolutely nails a media that plays its audiences’ base desire for
gossip like a fiddle. There are no huge surprises, but each twist and
turn is more enjoyable than the last. Ultimately, The Interview is a
brazen political parody that takes pop shots at all of its characters.
If you enjoy the comedic stylings of Rogan/Goldberg and Franco - which I
absolutely do - then you will likely leave the theatre pleased after a
two-hours of full-bodied laughter.
James Franco plays talk show host Dave Skylark, the face of Skylark Tonight, a celebrity gossip show that prides itself on revealing the deep, shrouded secrets of the Hollywood elite…
The film is brimming with Rogen and Goldberg’s brand of irreverent, crass, often childish, frequently offensive, and ultimately hilarious humor. The Interview isn’t a scathing satire in the vein of Network. It’s a parody that falls somewhere between Team American and Spies Like Us. For those who enjoyed This Is the End, Goldberg and Rogen’s previous directorial outing, The Interview will certainly be chuckle-worthy.
It does not, however, merit the threat of a global nuclear apocalypse. It will come as no shock if people take umbrage with this film. There’s plenty to mine from, as the gender, sexual orientation, and ethnicity-related jokes all sail far past what is tasteful or appropriate; which is frankly – given the premise and creators – to be expected.
The controversy surrounding The Interview is notable in that there’s been so much of it, when films such as the aforementioned Team American and South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut served up either far more outrageous, or equally unflattering depictions of world leaders. Perhaps there’s something in the distance of animation that allows for more freedom to mercilessly mock a dictatorship.
There’s an argument to be made that Kim Jung Un’s tyranny is no laughing matter. That to make a buffoon of him on screen is disrespectful to those suffering under his regime, that it is similar to laughing in the face of Hitler and his cruelty. Yet, that’s just what Charlie Chaplin did in The Great Dictator in 1940. Humor has long been a way to process the horrific and that which – rightly – terrifies and disgusts us.
Kim Jung Un is made a fool here, to be certain. The idea of him as a living God is summarily dismantled, as he is made vulnerable in mind, body, and spirit. There’s also a short-lived - but magical - bromantic arc between he and Franco’s Skylark. However, the film skewers the media, and to some degree the United States government, as much as it does North Korea. Nothing is to be held sacred and all is up for grabs if it makes for a good joke, as The Interview’s primary function is to make people laugh - and that it does.
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Though its unlikely to stand out as one of the shrewdest political satires of its time, The Interview is a clever, unrestrained - and frankly most importantly - sidesplitting parody that pokes fun at both a vapid media and one of the world’s most dangerous dictators. Rogen and Goldberg tackle a risky subject head-on and do not hold back one iota of their brash, barefaced, vulgar humor - which is just as it should be. When all is said and done, this comedy satisfies the only true demand that ought to be made of it – it makes its audience laugh.
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