【新唐人2014年12月26日訊】儘管朝鮮強烈反彈，索尼影業的《刺殺金正恩》還是按照預期，在聖誕節上線了。之前的風波，無疑變成了影片的強力宣傳，不僅美國觀眾，連中國觀眾也說想看，體驗一下極權國家領導人被「黑色幽默」的感覺。

喜劇片《刺殺金正恩》還是上映了，無論朝鮮高興還是不高興。

太平洋時間週三（12月24號）早上10點，這部影片先在網絡「上線」。消費者可以通過Youtube、微軟的Xbox、谷歌的Google Play等平臺，付費收看這部影片，或者直接上官方網站收看。點播一次5.99美元，如果要買下這部影片，價格是14.99美元。

即使美國主要院線不會上映《刺殺金正恩》，但約有200家獨立影院仍在聖誕節上映這部電影。包括德州的阿拉莫•德拉夫特豪斯（Alamo Drafthouse）影院，和位於曼哈頓的這家「電影村」（ Cinema Village）。

「電影村」經理 LEE PETERSON：「當然我們希望通過這部影片掙錢，就和其他影片一樣。但對自由表態也很重要，言論自由，看電影的自由。主要是為了這方面。」

因此，只要您想看，現在就能看到這部一度受到威脅的喜劇電影了。儘管它引發了美國與朝鮮的緊張關係，卻也無意中獲得了「總統級」的宣傳，讓中國觀眾也興趣大增。

新疆網友 張先生：「那肯定是想看這個片子。它有很大的廣告效應。大家都想看一看，究竟是甚麼樣的片子，甚麼樣的內容，引發金正恩動用網絡攻擊，驚動歐巴馬。大家對這個比較感興趣」

這部喜劇影片講述了美國情報機構，招募兩名記者去暗殺朝鮮領導人金正恩的故事，並引發了朝鮮的惱怒。儘管在美國，對領導人開玩笑，幽默諷刺在文藝創作中很常見，但在朝鮮這樣的極權國家，領導人一向被「神格化」，不論是影片的搞笑基調，或是「刺殺」的橋段，都觸動朝鮮的神經。

不過，這也許正好是中國觀眾希望看到的「黑色幽默」所在。

張先生：「中國民間對朝鮮、對金正恩、對這個體制、這個暴政就非常反感。大家都覺得朝鮮人民苦難的根源，在於金家王朝。大家都喜歡看到，怎樣能消滅金正恩。讓朝鮮人民能夠吃飽飯，獲得自由。」

除了影片的惡搞，最近國際社會對朝鮮人權的批評，也讓金正恩更加難堪。在聯合國人權委員會和聯合國大會通過了朝鮮人權問題決議後，安理會日前也將北韓的人權問題列入辯論議題，如果安理會通過該決議，金正恩一旦出境，就得接受國際刑事法庭的審判。

這些都使得平壤更加惱怒。在黑客對索尼網絡的攻擊後，平壤一度威脅，要在包括網路戰在內的所有戰爭領域對抗美國，並要打擊白宮、五角大樓和整個美國本土。

中共當局仍然反對將朝鮮局勢納入安理會議程，同時拒絕協助美國，遏制朝鮮實施網絡攻擊的能力。這和中國民間對朝鮮的態度相反。因此，外界質疑，平壤聲稱能做到的這些威脅，真的只是靠自己嗎？

時政評論員伍凡：「朝鮮是一個技術很落後，很封閉的國家，它的網絡能夠對外國通的，就是一條管道，就是中國大陸。那麼人們就懷疑，如果你中國網軍不幫朝鮮的話，朝鮮能懂這個技術嗎？所以人家懷疑，中共背後是不是讓朝鮮作為一個打手，來進攻美國，而後面技術的支持力量來自於中國大陸呢？」

由於朝鮮幾乎所有的電信活動都要經由中國運營的網路。因此，幾週前對索尼的網絡攻擊是否是朝鮮發起的？而朝鮮的網絡剛剛兩度癱瘓，又是不是美國的反擊？中方都應該掌握足夠的數據。不過目前，中共對這兩個問題都緘口不提。

採訪/易如 編輯/尚燕

“The Interview” Draws Great Interest From Chinese Audiences

Despite threat from the North Korea government, the Sony film “The Interview" was released on Christmas Day as scheduled. The dramatic story around the film has served as its best advertisement. Not only American audiences, but also Chinese audiences said they want to watch the film to experience how the head of dictatorship is depicted in a black comedy film.

The comedy film “The Interview" was eventually released by Sony Pictures Entertainment, whether North Korea is happy about it or not.

The film first became available online on Wednesday (Dec. 24) at 10 a.m. PST. Customers could pay to watch the film through either the official website or platforms such as Youtube, Xbox Video or Google Play. The cost is $5.99 to rent or $14.99 to own.

The film will not be screened by major theater chains in America. However, about 200 independent theaters, including Alamo Drafthouse in Texas and Cinema Village in Manhattan began to play the film since Christmas Day.

Lee Peterson, manager of Cinema Village, “Obviously we would like to make money off of the movie as we would with any movie, but it’s important to take a stand about freedom, freedom of speech, freedom to see movies. I think it’s mainly what it’s about."

Now anyone is able to watch this comedy film which North Korea made threats about. The film induced tensions between the United States and North Korea. But it also has accidentally received the glare of publicity, due to it’s “advertisement" by even the president. The dramatic story has also drawn great interest from Chinese audiences.

Mr. Zhang, Xinjiang Netizen: “Of course I want to watch it. It is received huge publicity now. Everyone wants to see what the film looks like and what kind of story it tells, such as Kim Jong-un threatening a hacking attack and even Obama got involved. We are very curious."

The comedy tells a story of two journalists, who is hired by the CIA to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The North Korean government condemned the film. But in America, it is a normal thing to play jokes with political leaders in art work. In contrast, dictatorships such as North Korea always defy their state leaders. Therefore the film’s black humor style and assassination story are a great challenge to North Korea’s nerve.

On the other hand, maybe those black comedy elements are exactly what Chinese audiences would like to see.

Mr. Zhang: “Chinese civilians feel disgusted with Kim Jong-un and his regime. We mostly agree that the Kim dynasty is the origin of North Korean people’s suffering. Therefore we are happy to see any story about eliminating Kim Jong-un and giving North Korean people better living conditions and freedom."

Besides the black comedy incident, Kim Jong-un should feel even more embarrassed as the world has recently been criticizing human rights issues in North Korea more. Following the Human Rights Council and General Assembly, UN Security Council debates the human right situation in North Korea for the first time. Once approved, Kim Jong-un will face trial from International Criminal Court once he leaves his state.

All this has irritated Pyongyang, which performed hacking attacks against Sony’s Network. North Korea even threatened that it would strike U.S. on all “battlefields", including cyber war. It also threatened to attack the White House, the Pentagon and the homeland of America.

As usual, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) refused to discuss North Korean issues in the Security Council. It also refused to assist the U.S. in stopping North Korea’s hacking attacks. The CCP’s clearly shows the opposite attitude of Chinese civilians. Many thus question, “does all threatening come from Pyongyang alone?"

Wu Fan, political commentator: “North Korea is an undeveloped and closed place. Its sole route for the Internet is through mainland China. People hence question, ‘how can North Korea know about hacking techniques if not instructed by the CCP’s cyber troops?’ This is why other countries wonder whether the CCP uses North Korea as a hatchet to attack the United States; and North Korea is supported by the CCP in technique."

As almost all telecommunication activities in North Korea have to go through the CCP-run network, was the hacking attack against Sony really from North Korea? Did North Korea’s Internet crashes result from the U.S. counterattack? Although the CCP should know enough to answer these questions, it has yet to make any comment to date.

Interview/YiRu Edit/ShangYan