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| Kimmie Enjoys "Light Military Comedy" |
| 2003-05-07 |
| Reclusive communist leader Kim Jong-il has taken a break from North Korea's nuclear showdown with the United States to enjoy a light military comedy. Ok, what the hell is a "light military comedy"? Hugh Grant with an AK-47? Kim joined army generals and officials of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) to take in a "light comedy spiced with scenes making one laugh and bringing tears to one's eyes", the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Tuesday. A lover of cinema and drama, Kim pronounced the rib-tickling production by the army's April 25 Film Studio as "another excellent work great in cognitional and educational significance and flawless in ideological content and artistry", KCNA added. Like most works in North Korea, the play trumpeted Kim's "songun" (army-first) policies which give the North's million-strong military a lead role in society, KCNA said. It did not say when the show in Pyongyang took place. "The creators and artistes of the studio truthfully represented the great vitality of the songun leadership of the WPK and the philosophical truth that one can live only when one remains true to the WPK's songun leadership," it said. Kim has made a series of trips to military bases since he emerged last month from an |
| Posted by:Baba Yaga |
| #6 Next weeks production, "This Is The Peoples Army, Mr. Sung" which culminates in the famous "sea of fire " scene in which everyone runs amuck. Songun Juche and flower baskets for everybody after the show. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-05-07 15:40:46 |
| #5 "...philosophical truth that one can live only when one remains true to the WPK's songun leadership." |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2003-05-07 14:43:15 |
| #4 Light Military Comedy - HMS Pinafore with Juche instead of mops? Cousin Kimmie instead of Cousin Hebe? What will we do with Poor Little Buttercup? She's likely to be eaten by the movie-goers... Grass, flowers... All fair game... |
| Posted by: Tadderly 2003-05-07 11:00:39 |
| #3 Frank - nope, this is originally from Reuters, according to Yahoo News. But it sure sounds like a parody, doesn't it? |
| Posted by: Baba Yaga 2003-05-07 10:23:43 |
| #2 I can't do a better parody than KCNA, dammit. You sure this isn't from The Onion or Scrappleface? "A lover of cinema and drama, Kim pronounced the rib-tickling production by the army's April 25 Film Studio as "another excellent work great in cognitional and educational significance and flawless in ideological content and artistry" watch out Matrix Reloaded - this will be a blockbuster! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-05-07 09:37:30 |
| #1 "...emerged last month from an...unexplained 50-day absence from public view during the height of the U.S.-led war in Iraq." Air was getting a little stale in the bunker. |
| Posted by: Esoteric 2003-05-07 01:58:04 |