Tuesday, July 10, 2012

It's a small, small world


If you’re looking for an example of the concept of chalk and cheese, I give you a recent extravaganza performed for newly-fledged North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The chalk/cheese juxtaposition comes from a bunch of (unlicensed & unauthorized) Disney characters, including Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Winnie the Pooh and Snow White’s dwarfs.


Dunno how to interpret the Disney display. I do know that about ten years ago Kim’s eldest brother, Kim Jong Nam, was eliminated from the succession of the Dear Leader after being caught by Japanese authorities using a Dominican Republic passport in an attempt to visit Tokyo Disneyland. (And I swear I’m not making that up.)

Frankly, the video doesn’t look to me as though anyone’s having much fun, but perhaps the Kim dynasty is looking to turn the last bastion of Stalinism into yet another Happiest Place on Earth?

(And Disney legal folks, if that phrase about happiness is your trademark, please just consider its appearance here fair use. Okay, thanks, bye.)

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