Dear Mr. Kim, we were all anxious to see your alter ego's debut, but you spoiled the party ("Baltimore-area theaters won't be showing 'The Interview,'" Dec. 18).
We weren't expecting a "Gone With The Wind," or even a "Star Wars." But you do somewhat resemble an R2-D2-sized Darth Vader with a crazy hair cut.
Oh well, maybe you'll let Dennis Rodman have the honor of seeing the film without being executed or being thrown into one of your concentration camps for the next three generations.
Of course, if you had not decided to take on the role of movie critic this movie would have probably been a complete bomb — figuratively, I mean, not literally, like yours.
There is, however, a way I think we will all be able to see this epic. I would like Congress to attach to the spending bill a provision to buy the film and script of "The Interview." When this becomes U.S. government property it should be placed in the public domain.
The U.S could then distribute it as DVDs and streaming video. Copies could be made and distributed without penalties. We would certainly translate it into Korean and make sure the citizens of North Korea get the chance to honor their leader.
As for your own career as film critic, no pint-sized, crew-cut foreign tyrant should be able to abridge our right to political satire through fear and intimidation.
On second thought, maybe you should become a movie star. Better seeing you on screen as a funny little idiot rather than as the pathetic criminal dictator of what you call a republic.
Stuart Hirsch, Reisterstown