![]() Would that be typical in a Thai late teenage school? In the film, they are in Bangkok.Īnother butch character has a drunkard Daddy who calls him khatoey all the time as a mean insult because he had caught him playing with a buddy when he was 10 years old. ![]() Well this character is badly bullied everyday at school, and sometimes badly beaten. The most shocking aspect, one main character is very effeminate and very obvious. ![]() Yet the Thai filmmakers felt inspired to make this movie, so they must have felt it was very relevant to Thai audiences indeed. While I well realize that Thailand is not a paradise for everyday Thai gays the way the plight of gay youth in modern Thailand is depicted in the film is more like 1950's middle-America than I would think most foreigners feel is the current Thai reality. OK, I admit this is a bit of queer topic, even for the gay forum.Ī Thai movie which is an adaptation of a well known coming out type novel written by a Mexican American! I bet not many of you have seen it.Īnyway, let me explain why I found the film a little bit surprising.
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