North Korea's Singapore Summit propaganda film is a comedy classic

The Washington Post’s Tokyo Bureau Chief pointed out that North Korea has now put together a 43-minute documentary on the Singapore Summit:

North Korea has put out a 42 minute documentary about Kim Jong Un's visit to Singapore, start to finish, and it's *astounding.* Shows him in the presidential suite at the St Regis, walking by the infinity pool on top of Marina Bay Sands https://t.co/Wjl8sKKNTV pic.twitter.com/0LvvMaBYPR

— Anna Fifield (@annafifield) June 14, 2018

Basically, North Koreans have seen the same footage of the summit as we have, including the part where the Secret Service guy stops the North Korean photographer taking pictures inside The Beast. (They didn't, however, hear Trump's remark about "thin and beautiful") pic.twitter.com/ogKJUfFbOY

— Anna Fifield (@annafifield) June 14, 2018

There’s actually no natural sound in the video at all. Everything is video and music narrated by a gonzo-North Korean announcer. I was curious what the announcer was saying. Someone pointed out you could turn on Closed Captioning and then have the Korean auto-translated into English. That resulted in, shall we say, mixed results. The video starts with Kim Jong Un leaving from the airport in North Korea where the parking rules are a bit different:

Apparently, Kim was going over his packing list:

Not everyone on the receiving line was focused on the moment:

Harsh but fair:

Eventually, Kim flies to Singapore:

With his staff:

He goes to his hotel and has some thoughts to share with the staff:

Later that night he seems a bit nervous about the big summit:

Some last minute advice on the way to the summit:

Finally, he’s made it:

And so has the US President…Ronaldo:

The big moment:

The leaders share some personal time:

Some quick negotiating:

And then back to personal time:

Agreements are signed on fish farms:

Wait, what?

And with that…

Kim then returns home thinking about how he can improve North Korea:

So there you have the North Korean perspective on the Singapore Summit. Here’s the full clip if you doubt me.