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Come on, man: Paramount bans showings of Team America: World Police in place of The Interview
Hotair ^ | 12/18/2014 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 12/18/2014 1:09:10 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Oh, the irony. After Sony cancelled the release of The Interview, a few theaters declared that they would show the 2004 hit Team America: World Police in its place as a protest against threats to free expression. That film also derided the government of North Korea, as well as the liberal Hollywood establishment that catered to anti-American despots in what was a prescient (if irreverent and very R-rated) satire.

As if to emphasize the latter critique, two cinemas have announced that Paramount Pictures has forbidden them to show the film publicly:

At least two movie theaters say Paramount Pictures has ordered them not to show Team America: World Police.

Breaking Plaza news : Team America World Police pulled from all theatres as per Paramount Pictures .

— Plaza Atlanta (@PlazaAtlanta) December 18, 2014

Please note: Our Late Shift screening of Team America: World Police has been canceled by Paramount Pictures. pic.twitter.com/TlPVzIeICW

— Capitol Theatre (@CapitolW65th) December 18, 2014

You might think that this would be a moment for some in Hollywood to stand up for free expression. You would, apparently, be wrong. In this case, it’s all the more ironic, as TAWP features this send-up song that actually has the perfect message for this week. Freedom isn’t free, folks. Sometimes it costs a lot more than a buck-oh-five, but in this case Paramount stood to make a lot more than a buck-oh-five, and still caved.

The video’s NSFW because of language, but this week I’m willing to say, “f*** it.”

If Paramount — which stood to gain in this transaction — won’t throw in its buck-oh-five, who in Hollywood will?

Updated: Gizmodo calls this “a staggering act of cowardice“:

Terrorist threats are no laughing matter, of course, but the Department of Homeland Security has found no credible threat and evidence that the Guardians of Peace have any sort of manpower that could do anything within the boundaries of the United States (much less at thousands of locations simultaneously) is practically non-existent. This sort of panicked cowardice would be laughably absurd if it wasn’t so damn sad.

No kidding.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2ndthread; banned; censorship; corporateliberalism; northkorea; paramount; teamamerica; theinterview
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1 posted on 12/18/2014 1:09:10 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
From FOX NEWS :

Paramount won't let theaters screen 'Team America: World Police"
2 posted on 12/18/2014 1:10:06 PM PST by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: SeekAndFind

What a bunch of pusses.


3 posted on 12/18/2014 1:10:22 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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To: SeekAndFind

You think they wants that crowd from North Korea hacking their systems and airing their dirty laundry?


4 posted on 12/18/2014 1:10:53 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: SeekAndFind

The Alamo Drafthouse in Dallas, Texas, was one of the theaters set to play the flick, but had canceled the screening as of Thursday afternoon because Paramount ordered theaters across the country not to screen “Team America: World Police” in place of SONY’s “The Interview”.


5 posted on 12/18/2014 1:11:50 PM PST by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: NormsRevenge

The Alamo Drafthouse in Dallas, Texas, was one of the theaters set to play the flick, but had canceled the screening as of Thursday afternoon because Paramount ordered theaters across the country not to screen “Team America: World Police” in place of SONY’s “The Interview”.


6 posted on 12/18/2014 1:12:10 PM PST by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I wish we had a brave President who would stand up to the hackers and North Korea and say, “you wanna mess with American movie-goers and movie-makers, you’re gonna have to get past ME!”

I know, I know, ... but I can still dream.


7 posted on 12/18/2014 1:12:57 PM PST by married21 ( As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s retarded and nothing but a head fake and a dodge.

N. Korea doesn’t have this capability. Period.

Our White Hatters would fk them up pretty badly if we were ever actually attacked.

They attacked Sony?

Oh dear, the world for everyone is going to be miserable now.

Ridiculous.


8 posted on 12/18/2014 1:14:02 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: SeekAndFind

America, **** yeah!


9 posted on 12/18/2014 1:14:36 PM PST by jpl (The government spent another half a million bucks in the time it just took you to read this tagline.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Paramount submits to their new master
10 posted on 12/18/2014 1:14:59 PM PST by BigEdLB (Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
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To: DoodleDawg

I think this hacking goes a lot deeper than the Hollywood creeps are saying. We are not hearing the whole story by a long shot.


11 posted on 12/18/2014 1:15:13 PM PST by 4yearlurker (Some people say that experts agree!!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Freedom isn’t free.

But Paramount is still free to act like a little pussy. THey’re a private entity making a pussy choice.

So be it.


12 posted on 12/18/2014 1:16:01 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: married21

You just fingered the reason that terrorists and dictators are on the march and winning in the world today. The U.S.A. is led by a Marxist Muslim crack addict with a spine of jelly.


13 posted on 12/18/2014 1:16:28 PM PST by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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To: BigEdLB

Paramount has changed its name to “Dear Leader #1 Johnny Fabulous Good Time Pictures”.


14 posted on 12/18/2014 1:17:03 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: TigersEye

He’s not spineless when it comes to screwing white christian americans.


15 posted on 12/18/2014 1:17:35 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

I don’t know that it has taken much courage for him to do that. What resistance has he met?


16 posted on 12/18/2014 1:19:06 PM PST by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

And Jews. He quite enjoys waving a middle finger at Jews.


17 posted on 12/18/2014 1:19:12 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: SeekAndFind
Obama rooking at Lil Kim rooking at Obama rooking at Lil Kim rooking at Obama rooking at Lil Kim rooking at Obama rooking at Lil Kim rooking at..........


18 posted on 12/18/2014 1:19:34 PM PST by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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19 posted on 12/18/2014 1:20:01 PM PST by Bon mots (American Exceptionalism becomes American Acceptionalism under this regime... :()
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To: cripplecreek

cool jacket
was that looted in Fergie?


20 posted on 12/18/2014 1:20:18 PM PST by nascarnation (Impeach, Convict, Deport)
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