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Cool Thailand?
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 29/04/2016
» It is only with reference to J-pop or K-pop that we have a clue as to what the word "T-pop" could possibly mean: an attempt at cultural export -- film, music and other forms of entertainment -- to create a "Thai brand" of cool. It's better late than never, so the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has recently launched a campaign, with Thai star Mario Maurer as the presenter, with the aim to boost tourism in Thailand and expand the entertainment market in China.
Dracula: more handsome than scary
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 25/02/2016
» Tickets for Dracula: Blood Is Life, Ewing Entertainment Worldwide's debut stage play in Thailand, start at 1,200 baht and we simply may never agree on whether the show is worth the price. What we will agree on, however, is that Chulachak "Hugo" Chakrabongse, starring as Count Dracula, is a good-looking man. Women love him and so do men, straight or gay.
Intoxication of life and love
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 09/07/2015
» Banthun Ratmanee described the experience translating Marguerite Duras’ 1982 novella La Maladie De La Mort (The Malady Of Death) as intoxicating. The plot itself is fairly straightforward. In fact Banthun, who is a French literature lecturer at Thammasat University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts, said it can be summed up in one sentence: “It’s a story about a man who hires a woman to stay with him so that he can learn about love.”