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It is interesting to examine the case of Brokedown Palace, which was set in Thailand, but filmed in the Philippines, because it was “critical of the Thai legal system”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokedown_Palace#Filming

Except it was Manila and the Philippines that banned actress Claire Danes, after she slagged off Manila by basically telling lies to media outlets.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire_Danes#Personal_life

But we’ve all known since 1984 that one night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=rgc_LRjlbTU&si=aVIPqwJfNdf...



> Sanctuary Center for Psychotic Female Vagrants

Well, that certainly is a name. (For an actual filming location in Manila, that is.)




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