Stewart Bashes Sony: Great, Now Kim Jong-un Decides the Films We Make

On Thursday evening’s Daily Show, Jon Stewart tackled the hacks and subsequent terrorist threats that prevented Sony from releasing The Interview, questioning why Sony would fall for North Korea’s “hyperbolic threats.”

“Why did we fall for that?” Stewart asked. “That’s their hook!”

So, according to Stewart, it means North Korea dictator Kim Jong-un basically determines which films we make and watch. And he joked that Kim should love Hollywood because they are just like North Korea: “everyone’s always telling you how great you are, there are billboards everywhere with your face on them, and nobody eats.”

Stewart also gave us this blunt assertion, courtesy of North Korea, as well as the news this week that the U.S. will re-establishing diplomatic relations with Cuba: Totalitarian regimes just are not having a good week. Oh, and we were graced with a special appearance from “Gitmo” — the Guantanamo Bay detainee, Elmo.

Watch the video below, via Comedy Central:

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