News Forum - Netflix comedian slammed for misrepresenting Thai philosophy

[Thaiger]

A complaint has been lodged by a former advisor to the Parliamentary Commission on Law, Justice, and Human Rights, Sonthiya Sawasdee, against Udom Taepanich, also known as Nose, for potentially misleading content in his Netflix stand-up comedy special. The special, Diew Special Super Soft Power, which reaches an audience of 91 million subscribers, is under … …

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[MrStretch]

Some people have no sense of humor, and obviously this former advisor is one of them.

Remember when we thought comedians were supposed to be funny?

[CROUCHIE]

The sufficiency economy, where the ordinary people are conned into being frugal but happy, while the elites suck the country dry. I think it's connected to the principal of trickle down economics, whereby, as the corrupt rich get richer, their obscene wealth flows down to everyone. If you believe that, you'll believe in ghosts!

[ChrisS]

Seems like in Thailand comedy can no longer operate for fear of 'upsetting' someone, pretty much the same in the west too!