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[Gene]

According to a post on the Teak Door website, banned politicians Newin Chidchob and his Bhum Jai party have put together a film clip that Thai theatres will be showing at the beginning of every performance, right after the mandatory royal anthem is played. The new film runs around 3 minutes. The first two-thirds of the film is in black and white and shows scenes of strife and violence in Thailand. The final minute is in color and features a mass candlelit gathering to honor the king.

The film closes with the www.weloveking.org logo.

http://teakdoor.com/thailand-and-asia-news...ore-cinema.html

[Haloi]

What an obvious piece of political propaganda. They try to exemplify all street demonstrations and opposition protests as violent in black and white, after which they shift into color with the glowing candles of a mass rally for the royal birthday. It's fine to have heroes, and no one denies the man is truly respected by many people after all these years, but you can't stake the political future of an entire country on the idea that loving one ailing old man will save the nation. What happens when he's gone ?

[Harold]

It looks like another government agency is getting involved:

"A two-minute documentary film depicting wide-ranging talents of the king such as art, music and inventions and will be screened to the public at all branches of Major Cineplex Group and SF Cinema City’s cinemas from February 14 to April 14."

With all these promotions, and previews of coming attractions, it getting to where arriving 20 minutes late for the movie is a good idea.

[UncleSam]

If we are expected to stand for all these promotions, I may have to take a walker with me to the movies.