Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Thai soaps trigger outcry over romanticizing rape

In this Sept. 30, 2014 photo, a Thai family watches a soap opera on television in Bangkok, Thailand. A recent real-life rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl on an overnight train in Thailand has focused national outrage on Thai popular culture, and particularly TV soaps for sending messages that trivialize - and some say encourage - rape. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) BANGKOK (AP) — In a famous scene from Thailand's award-winning soap opera "The Power of Shadows," the handsome protagonist gets drunk and rapes the leading lady. He later begs her forgiveness, and they live happily ever after.








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