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: Dancing with Mrs.Anna in the famous
: Hollywood
: musical 'The King and I'!
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: A film that offended many Thai people.
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: Really? I only wished to make a lighthearted
: reference to the famous film connection to
: King Mongkut.I had no intention of offending
: anyone!!
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: But feel free to delete my post if you think
: it will upset any of our posters!
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Oh, your posting was in no way offensive! And I saw the film and liked it. I only said that the film offended many Thai people. The film was banned in Thailand for a long time.
This is what Wikipedia says: "Leonowens' story would become the inspiration for the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I, as well as the Hollywood movies of the same title, which, because of their incorrect historical references and supposedly disrespectful treatment of King Mongkut's character, were for some time banned in Thailand as the Thai government and people considered them to be lèse majesté."
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