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| China-Japan-Koreas |
| North Korean Children's Cartoons |
| 2007-02-22 |
| Keith Longo, on his animation blog Seems when they’re not busy making nukes and being a general menace in Asia the fellas up in NoKo bang out their own animated TV shows for the kiddos to watch. Guess they gotta do something while they slowly starve in their bunker society. Thing is, on a TV level this stuff isn’t half bad. Oh it’s not good, no. But it’s not horrible like I expected, either. I’ve seen worse on US air/cable-waves, that’s for sure. Of course the stories might be a tad, um… “different”. To quote the story… It ain’t exactly Warner Bros.—the cartoons are designed to “implant into the minds of children warm patriotism and towering hatred for the enemy,” according to official news agency KCNA. All I gotta say is if you’re gonna have hatred for your enemies, make sure it’s not some half hearted wimpy hatred, but a towering hatred. Hit the link for one of those embedded YouTube player thingys. James Lileks comments in today's "Bleat" (scroll down past the mayonnaise ads) and links to more Nork video goodness. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #2 Wonder how many NorK homes have electricity, let alone televisions. |
| Posted by: RWV 2007-02-22 10:39 |
| #1 They can't be that bad, they've got baby ducklings! No fluffy bunnies, though. |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-02-22 06:14 |