Sony Hack Reveals Hollywood Execs Joking about Obama and Race

The fallout from the massive hack of Sony Pictures (by either the North Koreans or those sympathetic to Kim Jong-un) continues, and this one’s a doozy: two Sony figures are allegedly seen on an email cracking jokes about President Barack Obama.

The exchange is between producer Scott Rudin and Sony Pictures co-chair Amy Pascal, who emailed Rudin ahead of a dinner with the president and Dreamworks Animation’s Jeffrey Katzenberg. Pascal is a major Obama donor and Katzenberg a major Democratic donor.

As transcribed by BuzzFeed, Pascal wrote “What should I ask the president at this stupid Jeffrey breakfast?” and the two began to bandy about films by and/or about African-Americans:

RUDIN: “Would he like to finance some movies.”

PASCAL: “I doubt it. Should I ask him if he liked DJANGO?”

RUDIN: “12 YEARS.”

PASCAL: “Or the butler. Or think like a man? [sic]”

RUDIN: “Ride-along. I bet he likes Kevin Hart.”

The sizable hack has already led to movies being linked to Torrent sites, movie stars’ aliases, and other sensitive or embarrassing emails.

[h/t BuzzFeed]

[Image via Ken Wolter / Shutterstock.com]

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