April 4, 2011

• comic relief

  With all the terrible things happening in Japan, North Korea and in the personal lives of my friends, thank GOD we can all still laugh at something.

  N. Korean dictator Kim becomes popular drink's model

  Seoul (The Korea Herald/ANN) - Although Kim Jong-il is the most influential and even sacry figure in North Korea, he is treated as a hilarious icon outside of the hermit kingdom.

  A new Sprite advertisement which features a dictator clearly modeled after Kim is popular among Chinese websites.

  Produced in Israel, the advertisement depicts the dictator dancing wildly after taking a sip of the drink. It starts with a very familiar scene, like those occasionally shown on major news broadcasts all over the world; the march of people's army at a city that looks just like Pyongyang.

  Then, a soldier carefully brings the leader a bottle of soda. The crowd watches him carefully in silence until he shouts "Can you feel it?" Suddenly, everyone starts to dance, and the military march turns into a party.

  Kim has been a favorite sources of jokes or parodies internationally. He was also introduced as "Super Kim," in a video--based on the Super Mario series of games--criticizing the North Korean government.

  I found it on YouTube

  What do you think?  I wish the guy looked more like Kim Jong Il

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