Comments on: Censorship in Thai Cinemas https://www.gregtodiffer.com/censorship-in-thai-cinemas/ Stories, rants & observations about expat life in Asia's craziest city Thu, 17 Nov 2016 15:49:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Tim Footman https://www.gregtodiffer.com/censorship-in-thai-cinemas/#comment-12 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 07:05:06 +0000 http://gregtodiffer.dreamhosters.com/?p=17#comment-12 I liked the job they did on Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd. The blood gushing from the slashed throats of Todd's victims had to be blurred out; but when [SPOILER ALERT] Helena Bonham Carter was toasted in the oven, that was perfectly OK, burn baby burn.

]]> By: MichaelBKK https://www.gregtodiffer.com/censorship-in-thai-cinemas/#comment-11 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:36:35 +0000 http://gregtodiffer.dreamhosters.com/?p=17#comment-11 The violence thing is really weird. My current favorite is they way they will blur out a gun pointed at a guy’s head, but then show his brains being spattered all over the wall in all its full Technicolor detail when the gun goes off.

And then there’s the whole smoking thing. They blob out the cigarette, but not the smoke coming out of people’s mouths or noses, so it’s obvious they’re smoking. What’s the point?

]]> By: Oliver https://www.gregtodiffer.com/censorship-in-thai-cinemas/#comment-10 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:36:43 +0000 http://gregtodiffer.dreamhosters.com/?p=17#comment-10 Re the “violence is more acceptable than sex” issue: If a penis is bad but a severed head is acceptable, what about a severed penis (or breast, for gender equality)? Would that balance?

Personally I appreciate both sex AND violence in movies (and only the former in real life), but the image of a severed penis really grosses me out!

Watch the movie “Teeth” and tell me if you agree.

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