I saw that interview. to me, it sounds like they're focusing on thai viewers, and not even mentioning international…
I just think youāre trying to justify something that doesnāt need justifyingš¤·š»āāļøI only said they were worried about Thai audiences not understanding,but what i actually see is Thai opening up intelligently to the series and the characters.Meanwhile,on the international side,i see comments like Ā«THE ACTOR WHO PLAYS KHEMJIRA IS COMPLETELY USELESS,POINTLESS.ALSO CRITICIZE OTHER PEOPLEāS CULTUREĀ»Like,that can only come from dumb people.So yeah,the team clearly overestimated the international audienceās intelligence.It just feels unfair that as soon as some canāt grasp another culture,they start trashing the work instead of simply doing research to catch up.
(Those are KengNamping own words,his worries and the team concerns about how the Thai audience would understand the series.Reading the comments here,i donāt think they realized thereād be brainless people on the international side too.They definitely overestimated the intelligence of the international sidešitās literally the opposite.)šš»šš»šš»For series,theyāre usually made to be easy to understand.Most successful series in Thailand tend to be like that.You watch them and get it right away,without much cultural layering,as they are more about relationships.But our (Khemjira)has culture, relationships,and also supernatural,soft power...so many elements.Because of that,we were worried: will people really understand it? The storytelling isnāt straightforward either. It doesnāt just go from one event to the next. Instead, it jumps: from the present back to the past, then to the future, then into dreams, then back again to the present. So we wondered "will Thai audiences get it? Will they follow along?"
The storytelling isnāt straightforward either. It doesnāt just go from one event to the next. Instead, it jumps: from the present back to the past, then to the future, then into dreams, then back again to the present. So we wondered "will Thai audiences get it? Will they follow along?"