Comedian Jaroenporn Onlamai - known in jokester circles as Koh-tee Aramboy - made the most of his turn onstage at the Bangkok Assembly Awards on Wednesday.
He was there to present the award for best actress, but first Koh-tee needed to do some venting. "I just want to say I'm very disappointed," he began.
The problem was that the movie "32 Thunwa", in which he appears, has earned Bt100 million at the box office, but its production company, M39 - a subsidiary of the Major Group - still hasn't made any announcement about it, let alone pop for a party.
"There was no celebration, nothing at all!" Koh-tee fumed about M39's debut film, noting that other films earn much less and the studios put on Breaking News fireworks festivals to celebrate.
Soopsip totally agrees with Koh-tee. If he hadn't spoken up we wouldn't even have known the movie did so well.
Of course, M39 might not be casting him again anytime soon!
Extremist art
We can only partially show readers the provocative work of outspoken artist Vasan Sitthiket, whose current show at the Number One Gallery is entitled "10 Evil Scenes from Thai Politics".
Vasan is the yellow-striped activist who tried and failed to establish Pak Silapin (the Artists Party). His paintbrush is a registered weapon.
He's lethal with his words, too, saying citizens of a "Demoncrazy society" have only the right to be "tame animals fed the vomit of the rulers".
Varan reckons the vomit gives the citizens the energy they need to produce, so that the rulers can be "wealthy in this rotten Thai society".
Nothing seen from Varan's perspective is pretty, whether portrayed in prose or paint. The art is High Uglyism, though the subjects are recognisable enough.
So take it from Soopsip: See the exhibition if you wish - until April 3 at the Silom Galleria - but leave the kids home with the babysitter. And keep them away from www.Number1Gallery.com/Sitthiket.
