My Take | North Korea seeks respect from Uncle Sam following controversy over 'The Interview'

North Korea has been cast as the perpetrator in the devastating cyberattack on Sony Pictures. But to put things in context, it may be worth pointing out that the hermit nation has been forbearing as fodder for parody and villainy in Hollywood - for over two decades.

The Beijing-based Global Times has slammed Sony's executives and filmmakers for their "senseless cultural arrogance".

The united communist anger was directed at Seth Rogen's screwball comedy, The Interview, which features a CIA plot to kill the Dear One, Kim Jong-un. Assassination may be a subject too close to home for young Kim.

I am a big fan of Rogen, a fellow Canadian. But his brand of no-holds-barred humour this time probably goes a tad too far and is just the proverbial straw that breaks the camel's back. Now the world's most bizarre dynastic dictatorship has struck back.

The FBI and independent security experts have pointed fingers at North Korea, which has denied responsibility and has even offered a joint probe. Never say Korean communists are not cheeky.

After the fall of the Soviet Union, Hollywood needed a new geopolitical enemy for its movies. Arab terrorists got tiresome after a while. China would have fit the bill, but its economy is too tied in with the US and their trade and national debt financing too intertwined.