So they are influencing American pop culture by pulling the movie? They could have decided not to carry the movie months ago when it was first being pitched for

So they are influencing American pop culture by pulling the movie? They could have decided not to carry the movie months ago when it was first being pitched for distribution. And I believe one of the leaked Sony emails show that a China distributor decided not to carry the movie. So there was ample opportunity to exert influence ahead of the movie's release.