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...absence of any agreed-upon truth is what really drives the movie. But if one viewpoint is foremost, it is Kraisak's. After the 1991 military coup against his Prime Minister father, General Chatichai Choonhavan, Kraisak was indicted on assassination plots against rival generals and fled. Locals in the border region helped his escape, smuggling him to Malaysia. (He returned safely to Thailand two years later and denies the charges, which were never pressed.) In Citizen Juling, he returns the favor. "I had to pay back these people for their help by showing there was at least one Thai...
...offer to join him in trying out for the “Family Feud: College Edition.” My time at Harvard has ingrained in me the fields worth participating in—volunteerism, academia, journalism, art—occupations that enrich society through positive change, truth, humor, and beauty. Being on a game show is just not one of those noble pursuits. I thought improving the world somehow completely defined me; That was a lie I told myself. I wanted to be on TV...and possibly win $120,000. If being on a national game show has taught...
...truth is international students here have been very interested in this election, as has the entire world. Obamamania is responsible for a part of it: Dial a random international number and you can probably hear the story of Barack Obama’s childhood. But the real reason this American election has received so much global attention is because the last eight years we have reminded us once again of how explicitly American policy can affect the lives of people who have no say in American politics...
...truth is, the “all these people” of the world will never have a say in American politics, and so we pay ever closer attention to the thoughts of the American electorate...
...America, it seems the dictum that “talking about politics is rude” has achieved the status of a universal truth. Even as our long election prompted chatter about Jeremiah Wright and Tina Fey, the culture in the United States still seems to be turned against more open, argumentative conversation about the political world...