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So, I watched "The Interview" and have yet to get nuked...

I had wanted to see the new Seth Rogen and James Franco film, The Interview , anyway, but after threats were made to theaters across the country that featured the film, which resulted in most of them cancelling the movie's premiere, this made me want to see it all the more. Fortunately, I was able to check it out on-demand the other day, and I'm happy to tell everyone, I've yet to get nuked, so that's nice. Having seen the film now, I have to laugh at why we were threatened over it in the first place. This wasn't just a comedy, it was a comedy so ridiculously over-the-top, even a man that goes by the nickname "Seriously Literal" would have seen that. It included so many butt and poop jokes, The Count from Sesame Street  would have even reached a point where he said, "Ah, f**k it! I'm done counting!" Heck, the film attempts to satirize the modern day news media (or media in general) about as much as it does the North Korean leader. Kim Jong-...