Comments on: The Yin and Yang of Thai Comedy https://www.gregtodiffer.com/the-yin-and-yang-of-thai-comedy/ Stories, rants & observations about expat life in Asia's craziest city Thu, 17 Nov 2016 15:48:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Dr. Bill https://www.gregtodiffer.com/the-yin-and-yang-of-thai-comedy/#comment-187 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:02:39 +0000 http://gregtodiffer.dreamhosters.com/?p=98#comment-187 I was watching the Sperm Bank commercial and spit dr.pepper out my nose.. totally funny…

]]> By: phil https://www.gregtodiffer.com/the-yin-and-yang-of-thai-comedy/#comment-185 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:09:30 +0000 http://gregtodiffer.dreamhosters.com/?p=98#comment-185 Other trademarks of Thai soap operas:

– cat fights between girls (pulling hair a lot)

– a katoey running around with a knife (don’t know why)

– overall no subtlety at all in acting: they scream the same way whether they break a nail or die (it’s all or nothing)

– those damn sound effects that must be some kind of live translation for lobotomised audience (laugh now, be scared now, cry now)

– those damn sound effects

– those damn sound effects

– those damn sound effects

]]> By: SiamRick https://www.gregtodiffer.com/the-yin-and-yang-of-thai-comedy/#comment-186 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:23:28 +0000 http://gregtodiffer.dreamhosters.com/?p=98#comment-186 Good grief, I’m sitting here with a tear in my eye after watching the last one. Overall, those TV ads were eye opening, in fact. You know how we sit and wonder what would it be like to really get to know more about Thai culture. This set of commercials pushes me a teensy bit closer because of the creativity and sense of humour. It also strikes me that some of the actor shenanigans are rather un-Thai like, e.g., when a man hugs a woman during the crab incident. Then again, maybe I know nothing about Thai culture.

Thanks.

chrs

rick

]]> By: suzy https://www.gregtodiffer.com/the-yin-and-yang-of-thai-comedy/#comment-184 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:01:00 +0000 http://gregtodiffer.dreamhosters.com/?p=98#comment-184 oh jeeze greg, that last one is heart breaking. :’-( just thinking about it again gets me all choked up.

i had to watch the funny commercials one more time just to stop crying.

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