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i was talking abt this with a producer and his perspective - showbiz financiers don't want to take what they perceive as risk and unfortunately a lot of them think that casting 'fair skin' people will retain audience interest, and, ergo, "darker skin" is a risk. It's an irritating and infuriating view but he showed me some receipts - a lot of focus groups indicated their preference to see fair skin on their screen and ratings do tend to fail if viewers do not like any of the casting. It's the faulty outlook of an entire society. It will take a long time for positive change. At the very least, I want them to stop casting dark skinned people as villainous. It's horrible. But then these soaps and lakorns are not produced for an erudite, progressive audience, are they.

completely agree with u. are you from the west? for Asians like me this is a way of life. issues like these are ancient evils - the result of colonization (in the case of my country) and western influence of white skin fascination (Thailand being forced to be a buffer country between UK and French since 1890s). It's the outlook of generations and not going to change in a single year or decade. I am not saying it is right. I too hope that one day the color of the skin should not matter. But showbiz is very rigid, esp in Asia. Voicing out our frustrations is fine in forums like this, but ground reality is a different story. As consumers, global fans will have a better time enjoying Asian entertainment if they accept it with the perspective that they really were not meant to be its target audience.

this is going to sound funny but gulf is considered dark skinned / tanned in thailand...

thanks for sharing your perspective. This show is v close to me as I felt seen and heard, there is literally zero shows that exist with two CSA survivor protagonists without making them as martyrs or angels and it just does my head in when it gets blanket dismissed as 'toxic' when the show has many hidden layers. as a teacher myself i'd never grade a partial analysis. Assault is spread throughout Tharntype 1. Type's approach to conflict has always been violent (for eg, he beats up Tharn even after they are in a r'ship and his 'jealousy' of San = assault) and Lhong's indirect assaults on literally everyone in the show, so just focusing on ep 1-3 I am not sure how that can be a part of any well rounded paper. but like you said, different strokes for different folks, may be rules are different in your country. As for story execution nobody can pretend thai shows are masterpieces, these shows are made for a thai audience, it's almost funny how western fujoshis discovered these shows and the western gaze is appalled by asian entertainment. mame herself is a csa survivor so no wonder she as a writer is creating these problematic universes in fiction.

Before doing a paper on an asian show without even watching it fully, it'd be a good idea to research a bit more from the ptsd/trauma angle, given that TT itself is a show about two abused teen protagonists. There is an article by a queer CSA survivor called tharntype-episode-3-the-shower-scene in the website Love Without Gender. Read it.

and you know this how? how is it that you alone can see the manipulation when the rest of us are worried for her health? pl explain with logic don't post n run like a mouse?