Soap opera saga will only end in tears

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Soap opera saga will only end in tears

Published: 8 Jan 2013 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

How do you think the banning of Channel 3's soap opera Nua Mek 2 will pan out?

Do you think the channel's executives will go on air and apologise to the public for violating their constitutional right to see how the soap ends?

Do you think somebody will come clean and spill the beans about who and what was behind the decision to axe it?

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genii
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Discussion 12 : 08 Jan 2013 at 22.1012
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Well now that channel 3 has given their explanation what do all the accusers have to say. See what happens when you let yourselves speculate and place blame without proof. Sad yes.
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faceless
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Discussion 11 : 08 Jan 2013 at 20.1511
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Regardless of who is responsible for stopping this soap they have surely done the viewers a favour.

One less Thai soap can only be a good thing.

May it be the start of a movement.
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Discussion 10 : 08 Jan 2013 at 18.5210
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@Discussion 7 Think again about what you are saying. A rewritten ending planned to appease some political entity would be worse than the abrupt ending.
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Discussion 9 : 08 Jan 2013 at 18.139
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So far, there is no evidence of banning or political interference. They were just speculation and lies.
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Discussion 8 : 08 Jan 2013 at 13.198
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"despite denials by such government figures as PM's Office Minister Varathep Ratanakorn, who supervises Mcot, which is the concessionaire of Channel 3"

And herein lies the problem, TV managed by government.
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Discussion 7 : 08 Jan 2013 at 11.037
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D3 - If it is self-censorship, why didn't Channel 3 simply tell the producers to re-edit the last couple of episodes to eliminate any bad material. Actors pass away during filming, but the movies still get finished with a modified script. You don't cancel a TV series for one episode's content, you edit. You only cancel TV series because advertisers won't buy time or because government regulators tell you to (and you loose big money in both these cases).
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Discussion 6 : 08 Jan 2013 at 10.336
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Didn't the soap lasted almost a full season? If there is political interference, the soap would have been halted after the first screening and not allow to proceed to the last episode. Any sensible person would easily conclude that it was the Ch 3 decision for reason they only know but wisely decide not to reveal.
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Discussion 5 : 08 Jan 2013 at 09.485
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This is why Democracy will never take root in Thailand's political soil. Freedom of Speech, which this banning of the soap opera is all about, is the first prerequisite for Democracy. No Freedom of Speech = no Democracy. I feel it is highly hypocritical for the regime which was democratically elected is now doing everything in its power to undermine the very system that put them in power in the first place. It's like burning down the ladder after they got to the top so on one can follow.
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Discussion 4 : 08 Jan 2013 at 07.434
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drsmith, D1,
Absolutely.
It is unhelpful to confuse the real issue here, the need for a reasonable explanation of the decision, with silliness about some "constitutional right" to watch idiocy on TV.

That channel 3 has so far declined to give any substantial explanation for their most unbusinesslike action does suggest that the reasons are unsavoury inimidation for political motives to suppress ideas, and that is a stink to which the Thai public should rightly object.
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Discussion 3 : 08 Jan 2013 at 07.263
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I find it hard to believe that the Thai government pre-screens all episodes of soap operas before they're aired. So it seems like it's self censorship by CH3. Kudos to the author... "violating their constitutional right to see how the soap ends" --- very funny.
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