This afternoon some of the yakkers on NPR attributed the pulling of the movie to decisions made in Japan. The supposed "independent" action of five movie chains to announce they would not screen The Interview apparently occurred simultaneously, followed immediately thereafter by the Sony announcement. In other words, Sony got its minions in Hollywood to get the movie chains to take the first step and create cover. All I will say as a possible excuse for the execs in Japan is that they know the North Koreans a lot better than we do. Otherwise, they are totally spineless.
Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013