“Speed Racer” premiere in Los Angeles
Last night was the premiere of “Speed Racer”, starring Korean singer Rain, Karl Yune and Hiroyuki Sanada. Peter from Asian Press was there and he gave us this recap:
As the warm sun beat down on the media, across the street from the Nokia Theater complex were fans and protesters. Protesters you say? Yes. It looks as if there are a few people who are irritated by the remake of this movie for which I do not know why. Seeing signs being waved stating, “No more monkey business.” Oh well. As for the rest of the crowd, it was made mostly of fans of Korean heartthrob Rain. These die-hard fans stuck out the heat for more than three hours just to get a glimpse of their beloved Rain. He acknowledged them a few times with a wave but unfortunately, no crossing streets to greet the fans. Was there drama on the carpet? Perhaps. It seemed like John Goodman and Susan Sarandon kept their distance from each other. Even when event photogs yelled for them to take a two shot.
They did not acknowledge each other on the carpet. Overall, the premiere was a nice overload. Being the first major movie premiere to be held at the new Nokia Theater complex in Downtown Los Angeles, you got the feel of the movie with the theme song music video playing on video screens and music piped throughout the complex. Go Speed Racer!
We did some digging and this could be one reason for the boycott and standoff between Susan Sarandon and John Goodman: Military supporters all over the country are now calling for a full-scale boycott of the new “Speed Racer” film, distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and starring Susan Sarandon.
Why the boycott?
Because Sarandon is now connected with extreme-leftist organization Code Pink and intends to protest with them outside the White House on May 13 and 14.
Sarandon's anti-war stance has been clear in the past but by connecting herself with Code Pink, she's now making it known that she has NO regard for our military soldiers. Code Pink wears the number of American dead as a badge on their sleeves, yet they have never made any donations to organizations that serve to offer support to our military men and women. They did, however, give over $600,000 worth of aid and comfort to the people of Fallujah, Iraq, one of the most highly concentrated terrorist areas in that country.
Also, PETA is protesting the use of the monkey in the film, thus the “No more monkey business” signs.