So, no Ing K film festival?
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Samanrat "Ing K" kanchanavanich belongs to that exclusive club of cinema directors who've had not one but two movies banned.
But unlike most members of the club, she’s not a porn specialist.
“Shakespeare Must Die” has been wrapped in plain brown paper and placed way up on the top shelf out of reach, just as her feature “My Teacher Eats Biscuits” was 15 years ago.
“It’s rare for a director to have his or her movies banned twice,” a gutted and bitter Ing K acknowledged on Nation TV recently. She never imagined the fate would befall her take on “Macbeth”. “It’s a story that kids in many countries have to learn!”
The authorities seem to think the Bard of Avon was writing about Thaksin Shinawatra and don’t want to get Thais riled up.
Ironically, Ing K started translating “Macbeth” thinking it would be therapeutic after the stress of completing her (uncensored) documentary “Citizen Juling”. It was indeed, but the movie that resulted has now caused even more stress. She might want to give “Much Ado about Nothing” a try.
You go, guy!
You’ve come a long way, fella! Football fella David Beckham is about to strike a blow for men’s rights by becoming the first male to grace the cover of Elle magazine. He’ll crash through the glass ceiling and the disgraceful chauvinism of women’s journalism by fronting the British edition’s London Olympics issue in July.
And that’s not all. Another venerable ladies’ periodical, Vogue, will launch a Thai edition next year – and the editor could be a man!
Rumour has it that Elle Thailand editor-in-chief Kullawit Laosuksir is working with Vogue publisher Conde Nast to put the new magazine together and could leave Elle to run it.
Fashion blogs have pointed out that if Kullawit became editor-in-chief at Vogue Thailand, he’d be the first man in that job anywhere in the organisation.
So, while it’s good to have a female prime minister at last, it’s also nice that Vogue might finally get a masculine touch.
