7 Examples That Prove North Korea Takes Movies Way Too Seriously

3. North Korea Asked Another Country To Ban Team America: World Police

Unlike North Korea's fiery rhetoric (and alleged possible involvement in the Sony hack) in response to The Interview, the country offered no official condemnation of Team America: World Police, the 2005 marionette comedy by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone which mocked the diminutive Kim Jong-il. That didn€™t mean they wanted audiences to see it. While it was easy for the North Korean government to block the release in North Korea, outside of the country was another issue. The World Tribune reported that the North Korean embassy in Prague demanded that the film be banned in the Czech Republic because it "harms the image of our country." There were no other reports of North Korea requesting bans of Team America: World Police in any other countries. Why North Korea was concerned about just Czech audiences seeing the film is unknown, but the request was not granted.