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[plasmawave]

The Simpsons would not be on network TV if it was created today. So many stereotype jokes in it.

 

[Infinite]

The image itself isn't the funny, what's funny is that it is the third image in a series that gets progressively more racist - it's making a point about the extremes we take as we escalate the intensity of our posts in order to garner more attention, or karma points.

Pretty much sums up post-2012 internet culture.

You are not serious

 

[A Link to the Past]

The tl;dr about the most racist image in this thread

"omg so edge"

 

[BearFlexington]

There are 11 countries that eat dog. Eleven.

But the movie takes place in only one of those. As a Korean, you should probably be more offended by the terrible accent Randall Park put on or the "me so sorry" routine Seth Rogan put on in the taxi scene. Just saying.

Edit: Well technically two.

Edit 2: I would eat a dog.

 

[Randy Monk]

Swiss people eat dogs? You learn something new everyday.

Another thing to do on my list when I go to Switzerland:

*Buy a watch
*Yodel in the Alps
*Eat a dog

 

[Jackson]

I'd eat a dog. Is it tasty? If it's tasty I'm down.

 

[.hacked]

loved the after credits dedication to Digby lol

 

[Shanks D Zoro]

I'd eat a dog. Is it tasty? If it's tasty I'm down.

I have had friends who have eaten it and they say it is tough. I have never tried it because all the restaurants I know all serve it in a soup, and I hate soups.

I also use to run by a dog farm and it was never nice hearing all their barking.

I have eaten horse a few times and loved it.

 

[Rentahamster]

Here are some thoughts about the movie in general from Randall Park:

http://iamkoream.com/off-script-with-randall-park/

The premise for the comedy seemed like such a risky move. Even more unbelievable: how smart the script was, says Park.

“It was not only smart, but extremely sensitive in a weird way,” Park elaborates in a sit-down interview with KoreAm at his home in Los Angeles.

“[In] any movie where you have the white protagonist going into the Asian world, you run the risk of having an Oriental fantasy scenario. But the people [the characters] meet in North Korea are driving forces behind the story. At first, you’re seeing things through [the men played by] Seth and James, but at a certain point, you start seeing things through the eyes of the North Korean characters.”

While the film has drawn the wrath of North Korea’s government (which declared it “an act of war”), leading to at least one revised scene, a canceled theatrical release date and speculation that North Korea was behind a recent cyberattack on Sony’s computer networks, the storyline’s context did not go ignored.

“It’s something we talked a lot about,” says Rogen, who also co-produced, co-directed and co-wrote the film, in a phone interview with KoreAm.

“We wanted to make sure we made that distinction—that we villainized the regime that rules North Korea, but not the North Korean people.”

Playing a fictionalized version of a real-life dictator required treading a fine line, Park says. “I didn’t want to make [Kim] a one-note villain, but then, you think, ‘Does the real Kim Jong-un deserve that kind of portrayal?’

“But at the same time, a lot of people who watch this movie might not see the difference between Kim Jong-un and a regular Asian guy they see on the street in America,” Park adds. “So I didn’t want to do Asians or Asian Americans wrong by being a caricature, but I also didn’t want to humanize him to the point where people empathize with this guy who’s responsible for so much craziness.”

The result was a nuanced performance he’s really proud of. “I feel like [Rogen and Goldberg] are true masters of their art,” says Park. “For me to be in one of their movies is insane. It’s so great.”

 

[Nilaul]

Hey, who knows what kind of stupid shit nk will do.

Release a statement. They will brain wash us.

 

[Nilaul]

Cause I don't pet chickens.

Tell that to the kid who fell in love with his chicken.

 

[Tathanen]

I watched Neighbors tonight, it was silly.

Sorry D:

 

[roosters93]

I had dog soup 2 weeks ago in Seoul. it was yum

 

[Fixed2BeBroken]

Because the non-Asian characters in the movie (like Franco or Rogen) were totally not crazy or extreme at all, right?

Maybe you should realize that this is a comedy movie and comedy movies often portray caricatures of people regardless of race.

Right, Because Rogen was the balance to Franco's extreme character. That was clearly evident and made clear.

Maybe you should realize that this is a comedy movie that while it may display a caricature, most comedies tend to balance the caricature of races, except when it comes to asians.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I had dog soup 2 weeks ago in Seoul. it was yum

D:

 

[BeatResetsTheWorld]

Right, Because Rogen was the balance to Franco's extreme character. That was clearly evident and made clear.

Maybe you should realize that this is a comedy movie that while it may display a caricature, most comedies tend to balance the caricature of races, except when it comes to asians.

I'm not sure I'd agree with that...I mean, I can hardly even think of many comedies with blatant asian based racial humor...except I guess martial arts parodies?

 

[Monocle]

Fun movie. Better than I expected.

The dog eating joke was consistent with the character's well established affinity for ridiculous Asian caricatures. He is an idiot. James Franco clearly portrayed him as a total buffoon. The movie isn't endorsing his casual racism, it's encouraging us to laugh at him for it.

 

[You Are Viewtiful]

I had dog soup 2 weeks ago in Seoul. it was yum

In SEOUL. OP is finished.

 

[CadetMahoney]

China also gets the dog/cat eating joke bs.

pretty much.

 

[Laieon]

I'm in Jeonju and I've had a friend wanting to take me to eat Bosingtang since I first arrived. He says it tastes pretty good and you feel really invigorated and refereshed after eating it.

 

[Beelzebufo]

The joke wasn't on Koreans, it was supposed to show how stupid James Franco's character was.

Yup. The joke is that racists are idiots. That's why Seth Rogan's character has to play the straight man most of the time, so it shows that he think the things James Franco is saying are rediculous.

 

[You Are Viewtiful]

I still don't get why it's racist. It's like making a seal clubbing joke about Canada, or bat eating joke about the Congo, frog tongue eating jokes about France, British food-eating jokes about the British.... these things actually happen even though not everyone participates :s

 

[Fixed2BeBroken]

I'm not sure I'd agree with that...I mean, I can hardly even think of many comedies with blatant asian based racial humor...except I guess martial arts parodies?

seriously? i mean, seriously?

 

[BeatResetsTheWorld]

seriously? i mean, seriously?

I think I just know too many black comedies/black jokes and that's all that comes to mind -_-

 

[Fixed2BeBroken]

I think I just know too many black comedies/black jokes and that's all that comes to mind -_-

you never seen the hangover movies? you never heard of sixteen candles or breakfast at tiffany's? you never saw I now pronounce you chuck and larry? just cause it might not be relevant to you doesnt mean it doesnt exist

 

[Shadow780]

pretty much.

Chinese even have a festival about dog eating, Vice has a documentary on it:

http://www.vice.com/video/dog-days-of-yulin-991

Personally it never bothered me as long as dogs are slaughtered humanely, I mean it's meat, delicious meat at that.

 

[BeatResetsTheWorld]

you never seen the hangover movies? you never heard of sixteen candles or breakfast at tiffany's? you never saw I now pronounce you chuck and larry? just cause it might not be relevant to you doesnt mean it doesnt exist

I actually haven't seen most of those. Well, I saw the first Hangover and know what you're talking about, but haven't seen any of the other movies you mentioned

 

[LeeRoyBrown]

For how ultra-sensitive this message board is about race issues, the fact that people are okay with this is mind boggling.

Neogaf

On The Interview movie "fucking classic so many funny racist jokes."

On racist image...."errgmageerrd so racist."

 

[kehs]

How many times does it have to be said that the jokes aren't the stereotypes, but the satirical character that franco portrays?

Fucking wow.

 

[Valhelm]

The Interview was alright. It's middling when compared to some better comedies and will be remembered, at best, as an interesting blip in history. Definitely watchable imo.

As a Korean American however, it pissed me off to see that they made a dog eating joke. There's this notion that associates dog eating with Koreans. Though it is true, dogs are eaten in Korea, not all Koreans eat dogs or would inherently want to. Couple this with the fact that 11 countries eat dog including some remote parts of Switzerland. All Koreans aren't fond of eating dog, just like all Americans aren't necessarily fond of deep fried twinkies or fried pig intestine. It's especially annoying to get asked this question as a Korean American who was born in the States and has no desire to eat dog. Imagine if you were born in another country and people kept asking you if you liked something they thought disgusting simply because your parents come from another country. Are Caucasians born in the US on trips abroad asked about being fat and eating so much food or anything similar to that nature?

Yeah, the dog-eating joke was weird. I thought that the movie did pretty well otherwise, because Korean characters were usually played by Koreans, and because most of the bigotry was meant to put Rogen and Franco, and not Korean culture, in a bad light.

 

[SRG01]

I'm not sure I'd agree with that...I mean, I can hardly even think of many comedies with blatant asian based racial humor...except I guess martial arts parodies?

If you have Netflix, you need to watch The Slanted Screen to understand the difficulties that Asians (and Asian men in particular) have in Hollywood.

 

[Aselith]

. Are Caucasians born in the US on trips abroad asked about being fat and eating so much food or anything similar to that nature?

Yes