james franco

The Interview: Hollywood ignorance at its prime

I wonder how the American people would respond if a foreign high-budget film flashed a fiery scene depicting the gruesome death of President Obama. Allow me to suggest that the country would be beside itself. A direct attack on American pride would have the media reeling with exaggerated messages of terrorist threats and foreign enemies. Relations between the two countries would plummet, and American tension and skepticism toward these foreigners would surely increase. This is why I find it immensely disconcerting that Hollywood feels it can film such offenses without consequence. Many Westerners claim that Seth Rogen’s new film The…

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