: Dancing with Mrs.Anna in the famous
: Hollywood
: musical 'The King and I'!
:
: A film that offended many Thai people.
:
: Really? I only wished to make a lighthearted
: reference to the famous film connection to
: King Mongkut.I had no intention of offending
: anyone!!
:
: But feel free to delete my post if you think
: it will upset any of our posters!
:
:
:
: 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."
I wonder if the film has ever been shown in Thailand?
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