Culture Ministry shocked at breast painting on talent show

[Spitfire]

BEC fined Bt500,000 for airing bare-breast Thailand's Got Talent

Bangkok Entertaintment Company (BEC), the operator of Thai TV3, had been fined Bt500,000 by the National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission (NBTC) over its mistake to air a female contestant painted on canvas with her bare breasts on its prime time show Thailand's Got Talent on Sunday.

Perapong Manakij, chairman of the NBTC's subcommittee on programming and content, said Wednesday that under the Broadcasting Act 2010, the fine was a high level penalty in case of violate the article 37 because the TV station failed to self-censor an inappropriate content that was screened on its primetime programme.

Source - The Nation

Hmmm.....500k is peanuts to them and the publicity they have had from it certainly can't be bought at that price.

[GLCQuantum]

As the breast painting lady has proceeded to the next round I wonder (with the fine now been given) what her next act will be.

She will almost certainly have been banned from using her breasts to paint again so maybe, she will just use her pussy this time...

[dtaai-maai]

As the breast painting lady has proceeded to the next round ...

She was voted through??? Now that really is shocking!!

[GLCQuantum]

She got 2 out of 3 votes which, I believe, put her through.

[Vital Spark]

She was voted through??? Now that really is shocking!!

I guess your comment was tongue in cheek DM. Yeh, the publicity stunt worked, and she'll be kept on for the next couple of weeks. Thousands of Thais will tune in to see what she comes up with next. A bit like Jedward on the X Factor.

I do have to admit, however, that I am a bit of an X-Factor fan. Damnit, I've done it now. It just came off the tip of my fingers... OK, I'll confess now. Simon Cowell is, in my opinion, a bit of alright. Eye-candy, and incredibly sexy. Phew, I feel a bit better now that I've got that off my chest.

VS

I guess my credibility (if I ever had any) has gone right down the pan now.

[richard]

VS said

I guess my credibility (if I ever had any) has gone right down the pan now.

Not a bit lass

[GLCQuantum]

Simon Cowell is, in my opinion, a bit of alright. Eye-candy, and incredibly sexy.

Each to their own....

[GLCQuantum]

He also likes to go through 10 strippers in one sitting so he ain't half bad I suppose - hats off to 'im and all that.

See better looking guys every day... but they aren't rich and famous.

[Vital Spark]

Thank you Richard.

GLCQ: Some pretty unflattering photos there. But, hey ho, we all have our off days. He's just got that je ne sais quoi that only a woman could sense.

VS

[Takiap]

However even my Mrs was disgusted

Nonsense

The biggest BS of it was calling it art

Why, a few years ago I remember people winning a prestigious art prize for things like a crumpled up piece of paper, a bit of blue tic-tac stuck on a wall, and a light being switched on and off. As a kid, I would have been told to throw the paper in the bin, I would have been given a slap for sticking tic-tac on the wall, and I would have been scolded for playing with the light.

please remember yes this is Thailand and they are a different culture wearing jeans t shirts and bras to go into the sea being the NORMAL way

That's just because there are no beaches up in Isaan. Seriously though, the swimming in clothes has more to do with preventing dark skin than than it has to do with anything else. Also, if you pay attention, you'll notice it's becoming increasingly less common.

Personally, I think she should be applauded for challenging (or agreeing to) a way of life that's dictated by people stuck in the 19th century. People all over Thailand, both Thais and Farang, are shouting for democracy.......................freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of expression, etc. As Martin Luther King said....."I had a dream."

[Super Joe]

He's just got that je ne sais quoi that only a woman could sense.

he ain't half bad I suppose

SJ

[GLCQuantum]

[Super Joe]

I should add that, naturally, I did take you out of context.

But you seem a good sport

SJ

[roundeyes]

But it's okay for my two kids to see on TV at 7am someone getting their throat cut ... It's a shame that these people don't won't admit what life's about here in Thailand

[PeteC]

If she had three breasts it would have been fine, no complaints from the big haired cultural ministry girls. Just like they don't complain about using mentally retarded and facially deformed humans in their TV joke shows. If you're normal, Oh my God...sacrilege. If you're a freak...good laugh and merriment. The land that time forgot, and a good thing. Pete