by TONY KIM
It has only been about a week since North Korea filed a U.N. complaint to ban The Interview, an American comedy about a producer and talk show host’s attempt to assassinate Kim Jong-un. Well, July just doesn’t seem to be the young dictator’s month, as now, even a comedic video out of China, North Korea’s closest political ally, is ridiculing North Korea’s supreme leader.
The viral video, which pastes Kim Jong-un’s face over the bodies of people busting various dance moves and being the object of some nasty blows and kicks, is making its rounds in China’s immense interweb. Famous political leaders, including President Obama, make regular guest appearances both as Kim’s friends and foes in his fictitious, epic and disjointed journey.
According to the Chosun Ilbo, a source in China said North Korea feels like the video “seriously compromises Kim’s dignity and authority” and has demanded it be removed. Beijing has apparently not been able to take it down, however. The video was created by a man surnamed Zhang from Suzhou, a large city in the Jiangsu Province of Eastern China. He has reportedly studied at Kyonggi University in South Korea, the Chosun Ilbo reported.
The video features segments set to catchy Chinese techno music, which surprisingly fits well with most of the dancing. Each scene seems to get more bizarre as the video progresses, with Kim laying down some dance moves in random places.
Then the big finale happens: Obama, who is officiating a martial arts fighting match between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Kim, noticeably gets frustrated when the fighters don’t break apart and proceeds to beat up the two fighters. Of course, another referee, Russian President Vladimir Putin, tries to calm Obama down, but only to get shoved to the ground. Several clips later, things get a little uncomfortable as Kim fights a dragon costume and then moves on to disembowel the poor fellow.
Though the video is bizarre and over-the-top at times, it also carries an unexpected feel-good quality, as one gets to see political enemies dancing side by side and pranking each other—a sight difficult to imagine in “real life.”
