Dang, Sony! The North Korean hacking of Sony’s technology was an invasion of privacy, but revealed a lot of ugliness about the media company. The uproar over The Interview was only the tip of the iceberg, apparently. As these emails keep getting leaked, it gets more embarrassing and becomes more revelatory about the state of our society. From Kevin Hart being called a “whore” for setting a standard for his brand, to the President (yes, the guy who resides in the White House with that gorgeous wife of his), being typecast as a person of color who should only like hood movies, to saying that Denzel Washington (yeah, the old guy who still makes women’s teeth sweat) didn’t have crossover appeal to be the leading man in a global film. Uh, have you guys actually seen any of this guy’s work? To sum it up in a word: MASTERFUL!
A question I’d like to pose to the American public: Since when did it become okay to make movies about killing the leader of any country? If you’re going to make that movie, go all out! Make one about taking out Vladimir Putin. They won’t, because Putin is “that guy.” By “that guy,” meaning “likes to fight guy” (h/t Jim Rome) and Americans don’t want those problems.
We are a country of hypocrites! As a whole, we want to be big and bad, but won’t even stand up for our core beliefs or for those who are suffering within our borders. All these definitions of “patriotism” and if a person doesn’t display their national pride the way you do, people want to kick you out the country. People have differing ideologies, but because mine doesn’t mirror yours, you feel it’s your job to marginalize me. What a crock!
As a country, we get upset about the most trivial things: The NSA has been spying on phone calls, texts, and emails for years and not many seemed to mind. Oh, but North Korea hacks a giant company’s servers (and exposes its dirty laundry) and it’s full on outrage. People are more concerned with the mistreatment of people thousands of miles away, but turn a blind eye to the injustice right here on our soil. We’re quick to send money to feed the hungry overseas and champion workers’ rights worldwide – but won’t lift a finger to help those who live within a stone’s throw of us.
We have a lot of work ahead of us and the road won’t be easy. Maybe we need a lifestyle change; less of us, more of God. More compassion, less greed. More camaraderie, less combativeness….
I could go on and on, but life calls!
-MB
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