The King and Thai: a contested history gets the royal treatment.(Film)(Movie Review)

WHEN TALKING HISTORY, THAIS CAN only restrain themselves for so long be fore they trot out a much-cherished fact: Their homeland is the sole country in Southeast Asia never to have been colonized. And so it is no surprise that more nationalistic citizens find Hollywood incursions--upon both domestic box-office receipts and the telling of Thai history--quite unwelcome, particularly if those Tinseltown visions are perceived as defaming the royal family.

In Thai custom, just as one should not touch another's head, the highest part of the body, one must steer especially clear of ...

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