Thailand'S Film Censor Bans 'Divisive' Macbeth Film

[Rinrada]

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Bit of Scottish history...1000 years ago...by willy s

Censors in Thailand have banned a film based on Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth, saying it is "divisive".

Shakespeare Must Die is a Thai-language adaptation of the play in which an ambitious Scottish general murders the king and kills again to hold on to his throne.

The film's director, Ing Kanjanavanit, told the BBC the ban was ridiculous.

"Very few films are banned here," she said. "It is amazing they would find a poet dead 400 years such a threat."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17613674

[roamer]

It's no bad thing, brings Shakespeare to the wider masses. Let's face it this was an arthouse film, a few select cinemas in Bangkok. Now by virtue of being banned it will be a hot item on dvd stalls in Nakorn Nowhere. The "King & I" with Yul Brynner still banned, plus the remake. Never met a Thai who had not seen at least one version.

[monty1412]

Your kidding.. the King and I is banned ??

[webfact]

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