For Dennis Rodman

February 27th, 2013 by Erik Loomis

In honor of Dennis Rodman’s trip to North Korea, I thought a North Korean propaganda cartoon was in order.

There’s no subtitles, but like you really need them

Among the many problems with this cartoon is that no one under the age of 30 in North Korea has ever seen an actual tree.

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  1. Jason:

    February 27th, 2013 at 1:38 am

    Wowzers. That’s… that’s great. I really wish my math classes had shown us films about using protractors and pencils to fight Saddam.

    Also, is deforestation a big issue in North Korea? I guess I picture a wooded wasteland devoid of food rather than an endless arid expanse of pencil rocket launchers.

  2. Jewish Steel:

    February 27th, 2013 at 1:39 am

    How long will it be before N. Korea is able to deliver a Ticonderoga #2 to America’s West Coast?

    Vice said the Americans hoped to engage in a little “basketball diplomacy” in North Korea by running a sports camp for children and playing games with local people – and by competing alongside North Korea’s top athletes in an exhibition match they hope will be attended by the leader, Kim Jong-un.

    Oh, I know how this one ends: Kim Jong-un Messes Around And Gets A Triple Double.

  3. bph:

    February 27th, 2013 at 2:04 am

    Great. Next think you know Congress will demand an APM system and another 50 billion will go to the newly formed PDA (and, of course, Lockheed Martin).

  4. Jewish Steel:

    February 27th, 2013 at 2:38 am

    I think some kind of very fast and efficient sharpener might do the trick.

  5. Brutusettu:

    February 27th, 2013 at 2:43 am

    At around 5:36, it sounds like they’re saying “hwaiting”

  6. Data Tutashkhia:

    February 27th, 2013 at 2:48 am

    More realistic than Red Dawn, anyway. Wolverines!

  7. Anonymous:

    February 27th, 2013 at 3:18 am

    I think the chollima-based triumphs of 1966 would be a good way to connect, but while soccer is getting better known to the sporting public, conventional wisdom goes for hoops

  8. McAllen:

    February 27th, 2013 at 4:57 am

    Needs more cute animals.

  9. Atticus Dogsbody:

    February 27th, 2013 at 5:51 am

    Who’s conventional wisdom?

  10. Sly:

    February 27th, 2013 at 7:25 am

    Still needs more Funky Juche Dance Party.

  11. Incontinentia Buttocks:

    February 27th, 2013 at 8:32 am

    Clearly we will fall behind the Axis of Evil in the STEM disciplines if we do not intensify our commitment to high-stakes testing!

  12. Randy:

    February 27th, 2013 at 9:15 am

    That’s an awfully roundabout way to show kids how to use a protractor. On the other hand, I liked that the Imperialist Yankee shells and missiles all looked like Jimmy Durante.

  13. cpinva:

    February 27th, 2013 at 10:47 am

    possibly true.

    “Among the many problems with this cartoon is that no one under the age of 30 in North Korea has ever seen an actual tree.”

    more to the point, i doubt anyone under the age of 40 in north korea has seen a rabbit (or any other wildlife) in the wild. interesting way to learn how to use a compass & protractor though.

  14. Incontinentia Buttocks:

    February 27th, 2013 at 11:30 am

    Actually, like a lot of areas that have experienced forced human dehabitation, Korea’s DMZ is crawling with wildlife, so any NKPA troops stationed on the border have probably seen plenty of critters through their ever-vigilant Juche binoculars.

  15. Hogan:

    February 27th, 2013 at 11:45 am

    And the landing craft all look like the Monitor.

  16. Randy:

    February 27th, 2013 at 11:54 am

    Rabbits in the DMZ. That’s an image that cries out for Chuck Jones.

  17. cpinva:

    February 27th, 2013 at 12:06 pm

    you have a point there. i was thinking more in terms of the rest of n. korea, populated by a starving citizenry, that’s probably eaten anything that looks remotely organic, years ago.

    and yeah, where’s chuck jones, when you really need him?

  18. Jewish Steel:

    February 27th, 2013 at 12:28 pm

    A small forward, I think. Played for DePaul.

  19. rea:

    February 27th, 2013 at 1:38 pm

    One of John Minor Wisdom’s great grandkids, I believe . . .

  20. Bill Murray:

    February 27th, 2013 at 2:03 pm

    Andre “Conventional” Wisdom plays defense for Liverpool FC

  21. Bill Murray:

    February 27th, 2013 at 2:04 pm

    but obviously is a big hoops fan

  22. Ed Marshall:

    February 27th, 2013 at 2:42 pm

    They have plenty of weed.

    http://www.nknews.org/2013/01/struggle-is-the-enemy-weed-is-the-remedy-the-truth-about-marijuana-in-north-korea/

  23. Stan Gable:

    February 27th, 2013 at 4:46 pm

    God that was terrible. They can’t even do a decent job on propaganda? It looked & sounded like somebody dubbing modern lyrics on top of Steamboat Willie.

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