One of these days, somebody should (and probably will) make a documentary about Kim Jong-un, the Supreme Leader of North Korea. An essential chapter of it would, of course, be about how when he came to power in 2011, after the death of his father, Kim Jong-il (who had ruled the country since 1994), just about everyone, from North Korean political leaders to observers around the world, strongly suspected that Kim Jong-un was ill-equipped to take the reins of a police state as fearsome as North Korea’s. Raised in Switzerland, he seemed like a soft-bodied spoiled brat who had somehow stumbled, through the fate of dynasty, into the role of Supreme Leader. (That’s why Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg could treat him as such a plausible satiric foil in “The Interview.”)
But history has proved the doubters wrong. Instead of acting like a wuss who now had nuclear toys, Kim...
But history has proved the doubters wrong. Instead of acting like a wuss who now had nuclear toys, Kim...
- 1/30/2020
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
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