Moans aplenty amid 'Hormones' hysteria
Movie studio GTH is on a bit of a rollercoaster ride at the moment.
The TV series “Hormones” is produced with Nadao Bangkok is third in the ratings for its airtime, which is unprecedented for a satellite-TV show, and of course “Pee Mak Phra Khanong”, Thailand’s most financially successful film ever, is also doing great overseas.
Now the bad news: The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission thinks “Hormones” might be too provocative for young imaginations. The agency’s director, Lt-General Peerapong Manakit, announced on Wednesday that some “discussion” is needed (uh-oh), drawing a flood of hoots from the social media.
Supinya Klangnarong, a member of the commission, went online to declare that she doesn’t see things Peerapong’s way. “I grew up watching teen dramas and learned a lot from them,” she tweeted.
TV host John Winyu and Nation Weekender magazine editor Can Saliga said that, if the commission wants to remove harmful content, “Hormones” shouldn’t be the target. John said the TV ads for sex-enhancement diet supplements and supernatural ways to “fix your karma” are far more offensive.
A less kind tweeperson suggested that only a man who had run out of hormones would advocate banning “Hormones”. And BlueSky Channel co-host Notch Hautavanija pointed out that the series teaches kids to grow up different from today’s adults, thank God.
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A nasty a day
A charming Instagram user called @eii3vzz commented on Thai-Spanish actress Rasri “Margie” Balenciaga’s photo of herself that she isn’t beautiful and doesn’t deserve to be onscreen. And she looks Laotian, the kindly visitor added, seeming to think that makes things worse.
It certainly wasn’t a glamour portrait of Margie – she’d jokingly posted a close-up of her face practically in tears with mascara running, with a snap of a car fuel gauge to one side. “I’m in deep trouble – running out of gas, going to rain and the traffic!” the caption said.
Fans commented sympathetically, trying to cheer her up. The ugly comment got deleted, though Margie didn’t block the user. Asked about it later, she refused to take the nasty remark to heart. “I grew up hearing all the time that I’m not pretty,” she giggled.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, she said, but everyone agrees on what makes the human soul ugly: unkindness to others.
