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09 February, 2023 - HDIW7264

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Duy Nguyễn

In Thai culture, the groom must give the dowry to show his respect to the bride and her family. He may need to hold the wedding and do some other things too. That's maybe why Leng needs money, especially when he doesn't have parents to help him.

Kris

Jim: let's not complicate things Wen: So what, are we talking episode 3 or 4? Jim:… Wen: I’ll just wait on your shoulder for your answer Just two episodes in and I already know this is in the same league as ‘TharnType’ and ‘I told Sunset About You’. Some couples, you get tired of seeing in multiple series but not these two. Jim might be my favourite BL character, and I love how calm and supportive Wen is around him when everything is changing around Jim. If episode 3 ends with them just having a drink together after work, that'll be enough for me. Although, I think you'll want more.

Christopher

A couple notes to help you out since you seem confused on a couple points (I haven’t seen the trailer or any other information about the show, so this is just what I’m gathering from watching the first couple episodes): 1. Jim’s family is clearly very poor, and it seems most of his social network is as well. (It’s something I’m enjoying about the show, because Thai BLs tend to prefer to skirt the issue of money, especially avoiding anyone’s poverty being a source of plot drama. But the reality is that money and money struggles are a major consideration in most people’s lives, so it’s nice to see a BL finally take it on.) Not only does he not have much money, but he’s behind on his bills. We see Jim look at his car insurance bill that has the note from Gaipa saying the payment is overdue; we later see him in the insurance store in the mall planning to pay the overdue amount, but instead he takes that money and buys the gold necklace for Praew’s dowry instead. These are the kinds of choices he’s having to make—do I help the kids around me that are depending on me, or do I pay my bills? 2. What does the above mean for Li Ming? Li Ming knows exactly how poor he and Jim are, and he knows Jim will never be able to afford to send him to college; they’re probably so poor they couldn’t even get a loan to pay for his college. However, his academics are not good either, so that means he can’t get a scholarship. He is struggling to figure out what his prospects are in life, and feeling like he doesn’t have any. (I think it’s similar to how a lot of young people in Nepal feel these days as well.) That’s why they played the sad music and Li Ming withdrew from the conversation with his friends in the bathroom scene; it’s not because they’re talking about girls and he feels awkward because he’s gay (although it may be that too), but because they’re talking about college and he knows he won’t be able to go and I think he’s insecure and embarrassed about it. Especially since his friends are a lot wealthier than he is. 3. In general, Thai people are not good at English. You can generally break countries down into cultural importers and exporters. Cultural exporters are countries that have a large enough media industry to mostly fulfill their media-consumption needs with films/TV shows/books made locally in their own native language, and often to export that media to other countries. Cultural importers are countries that don’t have that ability, and who therefore import and consume a lot of media from other countries. People who grow up in countries that are cultural importers tend to have higher proficiency in foreign languages because they get exposure through media consumption, whereas people who grow up in cultural exporters enjoy the comfort of being surrounded by their own language and stay inside that comfort zone. Thailand, as you might imagine since we’re all sitting around in our various countries watching all these wonderful Thai BL shows, is a cultural exporter. English proficiency is not common in Thailand, and even the Thai people I have worked with for whom English proficiency was a requirement of their job were quite difficult to understand and were clearly uncomfortable speaking it. 4. Not sure if you know, but the director for Moonlight Chicken is K’ Aof, the director of Bad Buddy and A Tale of a Thousand Stars. His cinematography is by far the best out of all the GMMTV directors, in my opinion, and that skill is really on display here. He also does the best job of bringing to life characters that feel real, not like a cartoon the way a lot of BL characters feel. (Which isn’t to say one is better, just that it’s different genres and I love that we’re getting BLs of all kinds!) Despite it taking place in a setting intentionally devoid of homophobia, Bad Buddy was in many ways the tour de force of a BL depicting what it’s like coming out as a gay person and trying to live your truth when your family isn’t supportive. In the same way, I think Moonlight Chicken is giving us characters that feel like real people—real adults dealing with real adult problems, part of which is trying and struggling to support real kids with real kid problems. I love it.