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    Why Universal's 'The Hunt' is not like 'The Interview'

    by Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times Aug 14, 2019 3 minutes

    Universal Pictures' decision to call off the release of its satirical thriller "The Hunt" immediately drew comparisons to another film: Sony Pictures' "The Interview."

    Both were political lightning rods, albeit for very different reasons. Sony dropped its wide-release plans for the 2014 comedy amid a massive North Korean attack of its computer systems and threats of violence against theaters, while Universal scrapped "The Hunt" following mass shootings in Gilroy, Calif.; Dayton, Ohio; and El Paso.

    But the reactions to the decisions online and in

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