The fear based decisions being made by theater chains and movie studios to appease North Korea aren’t sitting well with a lot of actors and movie industry people. Rob Lowe is the latest to chime in.
Saw @Sethrogen at JFK. Both of us have never seen or heard of anything like this. Hollywood has done Neville Chamberlain proud today.
— Rob Lowe (@RobLowe) December 17, 2014
https://twitter.com/_NickBurch/status/545341656115859456
.@RobLowe @Sethrogen Not just Hollywood, Rob. Ppl who wouldn't have watched The Interview WILL see/buy it. I'm not abt to be told what I can
— ((( H K S ))) (@Klayoven) December 17, 2014
.@RobLowe @Sethrogen or can't watch. It's unfortunate Franco/Rogen are caught in this, but Sony MUST resolve its firewall/security flaws.
— ((( H K S ))) (@Klayoven) December 17, 2014
@RobLowe Rob, don't fall for it, major marketing move by SONY. People want what they can't have. #bigbusiness
— linc (@the_missinglinc) December 17, 2014
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@RobLowe I don't even like @Sethrogen but I would have paid for the movie. We don't negotiate with terrorist
— Sweater Yams (@Sweater_Yams_) December 17, 2014
https://twitter.com/cc19020/status/545342275698835457
Hard to argue with that.
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