Prohibition lifted on controversial film ‘Shakespeare Must Die’ after 11 years

[webfact]

The long-standing prohibition on the screening of the contentious film, Shakespeare Tong Tai (Shakespeare Must Die), was lifted by the Supreme Administrative Court on Tuesday, bringing an end to an 11-year ban.

 

The court’s ruling also mandated the Film Screening Committee, informally known as the Censorship Department and operating under the preceding Culture Ministry, to provide financial compensation to the individuals affiliated with the film.

 

Following the announcement of the court’s resolution, artist and activist Manit Sriwanichpoom, who held the role of producer for the film, expressed his elation on his Facebook page, promising to reveal a future screening schedule. He celebrated the verdict as a significant landmark in the history of the film industry, reported Bangkok Post.

 

“Finally, Shakespeare Must Die is free,” he jubilantly wrote in his post.

 

Photo courtesy of MGR Online

The film, directed by Samanrat Ing Kanjanavanit, or Ing K, was initially scheduled for screening in April 2012. It was financially backed by the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture (OCAC) as part of the Thai Khem Kaeng scheme, under the earlier administration of Yingluck Shinawatra.

 

The film, an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s renowned tragedy Macbeth, centres around a theatre troupe in a fictional country resembling Thailand. The group is producing a staging of the infamous play, where an ambitious general ruthlessly murders his way to the Scottish throne.

 

Photo courtesy of MGR Online

 

The administration of Yingluck Shinawatra enforced the ban on the film on April 3, 2012, citing it as a threat to national security due to the inclusion of visual references to violent political crackdowns, including the Thammasat University protest of October 6, 1976, and Black May in 1992.

 

The production team had been persistently striving to have the ban repealed for over a decade.

 

Following a notice from the National Committee on Soft Power Development on January 4 about regulating censorship, the prohibition was finally revoked. The committee stated that censorship should primarily be confined to instances posing risks of defaming the monarchy.

 

These adjustments are anticipated to be finalised midway through this year.

 

by Mitch Connor

Top Photo courtesy of MGR Online

 

Source: The Thaiger 2024-02-21

 

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[flyingtlger]

39 minutes ago, webfact said:

The administration of Yingluck Shinawatra enforced the ban on the film on April 3, 2012, citing it as a threat to national security

That's like the pot calling the kettle black.....

[Gsxrnz]

Now I feel culturally inappropriated.🥸

[Pique Dard]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

....to provide financial compensation to the individuals affiliated with the film.

 

...i'm kind of sceptical, being almost certain "the individuals" will wait in vain.

Edited February 21 by Pique Dard

[mikebell]

Further evidence of the frailty of Government officials who fear public insurrection.  They are not fit for office and lack sufficient braincells to find their way to a cinema. No wonder they banned 'Animal Farm'!

[ezzra]

35 minutes ago, flyingtlger said:

The administration of Yingluck Shinawatra enforced the ban on the film on April 3, 2012, citing it as a threat to national security

I think her brother was and still is a much bigger threat now that he's back sticking his middle finger at everybody

with his. 'wow is me, let me be I'm so sick' antics...

[worgeordie]

Much ado about nothing .....eh Will 

 

regards Worgeordie

[bamnutsak]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

due to the inclusion of visual references to violent political crackdowns, including the Thammasat University protest of October 6, 1976, and Black May in 1992.

 

 

Bring me a rope Somchai, and doth thou havest a chair?

 

 

[Shoeless Joe]

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

I think her brother was and still is a much bigger threat now that he's back sticking his middle finger at everybody

with his. 'wow is me, let me be I'm so sick' antics...

Yeah, you just had to crowbar your opinion in on another subject entirely. Too dumb to start your own thread...😩😩😩

[ChrisY1]

WTF is wrong with these people......?

[Artisi]

18 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said:

WTF is wrong with these people......?

what is right ?

[bamnutsak]

24 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said:

WTF is wrong with these people......?

 

They are frightened and ashamed of their own history, to the point where discussing it is illegal.

 

No reason to be, most of our home countries have ugly skeletons. I'll take Slavery for $400

 

But if you don't acknowledge the event then you can't make progress.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlGzZy83rz4

 

[ezzra]

22 hours ago, Shoeless Joe said:

Yeah, you just had to crowbar your opinion in on another subject entirely. Too dumb to start your own thread...😩😩😩

I would change your member's name to Brainless Joe with such comments...

[RocketDog]

On 2/21/2024 at 10:31 AM, Shoeless Joe said:

Yeah, you just had to crowbar your opinion in on another subject entirely. Too dumb to start your own thread...😩😩😩

 

 

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Too much childish bickering clogs these threads. Give it up guys.

 

[RocketDog]

2 hours ago, ezzra said:

I would change your member's name to Brainless Joe with such comments...

 

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Too much childish bickering clogs these threads. Give it up guys.