#Tanwarin Sukkhapisit

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ไม่ได้ขอให้มารัก | IT GETS BETTER (2012) dir. Tanwarin Sukkhapisit Saitarn is a fifty-something trans woman who sets out on a journey to the north, where she loiters around an old man’s shop and falls in love with the young man next door. Tonmai is a twenty-something expat who returns from the United States to receive his father’s inheritance, which turns out to be a trans show bar. Din is a teenage boy who is sent to be a monk by his father, who hopes being ordained will "straighten out" his son. (link in title)

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The Rebound Review: Recycled Basketball Drama

In "The Rebound," high-schooler Zen and his troubled friend Ryu must navigate love, basketball, and unexpected dangers. Will their bond be enough to lead the team to victory?

⭐⭐ Rating: 2 out of 5. Follow us on Twitter | Instagram High-school student Zen dreams of winning the basketball championship, but his hopes are dashed when most of the team is suspended over drug use and the basketball club faces disbandment. However, Zen convinces the Principal to not ban them altogether, and recruits a bunch of rookie players for future matches. A new coach is hired to…

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@farahswife

so you're telling me that thailand's first ever openly trans member of parliament was unjustly removed from office by the authoritarian government during a crackdown on thailand's pro-democracy movement so she then decided to go direct a BL drama about an all boys school rising up against its authoritarian school leadership in between being gay and making out with each other. am i getting that right.

[aprilblossomgirl]

What do you want? Your kiss. What? Give me your first kiss if I win.

Wandee Goodday (2024) Episode Seven | Dir. Golf Tanwarin Sukkhapisit

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na?🥺

Great Sapol as YORYAK & Inn Sarin as WANDEE WANDEE GOODDAY (2024) - dir. Golf Tanwarin Sukkhapisit [insp]

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By the way, I checked out the club's page yesterday. I saw something about a ship pairing — RyuZen? What's that? THE REBOUND (2024), dir. Golf Tanwarin Sukkhapisit

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- z. z.  the eclipse (2022) dir. golf tanwarin sukkhapisit

happiest of birthdays to you beloved @snimeat ♡

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The Eclipse | EP 12 dir. Golf Tanwarin Sukkhapisit

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#When you see each other again in another life/universe

Until We Meet Again (2019-2020) dir. New Siwaj Sawatmaneekul Episode 1 609 Bedtime Story (2022-2023) dir. Golf Tanwarin Sukkhapisit Episode 3

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10 Favourite Series/Movies I watched in 2022 (Fave Series for @asianlgbtnetwork 2022 Recap)

The Eclipse (dir.  Golf Tanwarin Sukkhapisit) Genre: Action,  Youth,  Mystery,  Romance Starring: First Kanaphan, Khaotung Thanawat, Neo Trai,  Louis Thanawin,  AJ Chayapol Language: Thai

The country's leading all-boys school, Suppalo, is strictly governed. Rumour has it that a curse will punish students who act out, a curse that grows stronger as the solar eclipse nears. But where there are rules, there will naturally be those who want to break them. A group of students calling themselves “The World Remembers” unite to challenge the school's authority and demand their rights. Head student prefect Akk and his cohorts are tasked with dissuading the rebel group. Then Ayan, a mysterious new student, arrives. Ayan has enrolled in hopes of discovering the person who pushed his uncle Dika to suicide. His only evidence leading him to Suppalo School is in his uncle's old notebook.  Akk is suspicious of Ayan, this boy whose behaviour is so odd and who regularly challenges the school's norms. . Ayan's method of dealing with Akk's scrutiny is to toy with him.

Yes, this series also did make it into my disappointing list. The ending did feel very rushed, and some parts towards the end were quite questionable. But other than that, it was a really good series. The cast did a brilliant job! Like I knew they can all act, but honestly I was so impressed with their skills!! Khaotung and First had the most beautiful breakdowns, Khaotung also sold the bad boy attitude in the first 5 minutes when I was so used to seeing him as the sweet little brother character, and it was so refreshing to see a new side to Neo! So yes, I’d watch it all over again just for them! Also they did deliver a few surprises, so that was interesting. I just really wish that the ending was more polished.

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POTAE WATCHARAYU AS GAME & PLUSTOR PRONPIPHAT AS WEE IN 609 BEDTIME STORY  (2022-2023), dir. Golf Tanwarin Sukkhapisit

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GMMTV PRODUCER/DIRECTOR CAMEOS – IT'S NOT JUST FOR KICKS AND GIGGLES

So viewers who are familiar with the progenitors of My School President all had a collective chortle when its producer Aof Noppharnach Chaiwimol appeared in the persona of supertutor Kruu P'Nop (ครูพี่ณพ) in Episode 10:

(above) My School President Ep.10 [2/4] 1.05

This was just the latest instance of a GMMTV director or producer popping up onscreen in their own show. 😍 In A Tale of a Thousand Stars (that he directed), Khun Noppharnach also appeared briefly as a tourist who bought Osmanthus fragrans from a blind man (in turn played by his Assistant Director Phyungsak Naruepai, also nicknamed Aof):

(above) A Tale of a Thousand Stars Ep.5 [1I4] 10.22 – Director Aof is on the left, Assistant Director Aof is on the right and main actor Mix Sahaphap is in the middle (American singer Cassie also has a cameo on Director Aof's t-shirt 😊)

In The Eclipse, Director Golf Tanwarin Sukkhapisit also had their own cameo as the proprietor/manager of the Café for All:

(above) The Eclipse – Ep.4 [3‌/4] 4.31

However, it was really in Bad Buddy that this trend of having production team cameos got deployed in a big way (possibly because the pandemic simply made it more expedient to use members of the crew as extras and for minor roles – see this blogpost here for more info).

Most notable in BBS was Director Aof's cameo as a pharmacist:

(above) Bad Buddy Ep.1 [4/4] 4.24

Additionally, BBS Assistant Director Au Kornprom also took on a supporting role as Toto, Pran's senior and director of the Kwan-Riam musical, who changed the cishet period drama into a BL production:

(above) Bad Buddy Ep.7 [1I4] 9.39

However, recalling the meticulously clever seed-planting and subsequent plot reveals orchestrated within Bad Buddy itself, we can now tell that this was yet another Aha! moment that they sowed in there – but it was done with the intention for the seed to burst into bloom only later, well after BBS.

For Khun Kornprom's minor role in Bad Buddy as the director of a fictitious BL musical (the story of Kwan and Riam) truly was also foretelling his future role in real life – as the director of an actual BL musical (My School President). 🌼😊👍

So when MSP Producer Aof appeared onscreen in My School President as Tutor Nop, I found myself rooting even harder for MSP Director Au to pop up in a cameo as well, since MSP is in many ways (in its stylings, themes and characterizations) the nong to BBS's phi (and as the younger sibling it also pushes its message out there with a considerably lighter touch, since its target audience is much less mature than BBS's).

With this in mind, for the past 10 episodes I've been on edge awaiting Director Au Kornprom Niyomsil's cameo in MSP – until it hit me that it's already happened:

(top) My School President Ep.2 [3I4] 7.07 – "Suksa" means "education, study or knowledge", while "Niyomsil" refers to the arts, in addition to being Director Au's surname; (bottom) My School President Ep.2 [1I4] 7.18

With the boys' school sharing Director Au's surname ("Niyomsil") this MSP cameo is veiled, rather than openly face-to-face.

But at this point I think the director/producer appearances are not just random anymore – it's possible to read some meaning into them beyond the feel-good giggles each one provokes:

In Bad Buddy, Director Aof's turn as a pharmacist (who provides Pat and Pran with ointment for their injuries) highlights his role in delivering BBS's message of healing, especially the healing of relationships (see this write-up here for more info). This theme of healing is everywhere in BBS – between Pat and Pran (whose relationship was forcefully ruptured by Dissaya in high school), between Pran and Dissaya (after their rift in Ep.10), between Pran and his musical soul (see this write-up here), between Korn and Wai (see this write-up here), between Wai and the world (see this write-up here) and yes even between Ming and Dissaya (see these write-ups here and here – although their process of healing was only tentatively begun and might not ever be complete, like the relationship between the Archi and Engine faculties as well).

In The Eclipse, Director Golf's cameo as proprietor/manager of a café that is open to all, highlighted the role of that series as a safe, non-judgmental space to confront and discuss some hard truths and painful realities with regard to LGBTQ+ issues, especially the experience of growing into your authentic queer self while embedded within an often-oppressive environment.

And in My School President, Director Au and Producer Aof cast themselves in the roles of a school and tutor respectively – they're positioning themselves as educators of the younger set, imparting from phi to nong some heartfelt but no less important lessons on positivity and self-esteem for those just embarking on their LGBTQ+ journey in life (and indeed for their straight allies as well). 💖

I'm less sure of the meaning behind Director Aof's cameo in ATOTS – it was possibly just for fun, since it seems like the first time (or one of the first times anyway) that they did it in a GMMTV series.

But just as Tian in ATOTS helped the villagers sell their tea by perfuming it with Osmanthus fragrans (and in doing so also helped them bypass the mercenary and controlling middlemen), Director Aof may also have been signaling that the soft, sweet-scented mantle of the BL genre could in turn help productions that are supportive of LGBTQ+ equality get their message more directly out to a wider audience. (And if this is indeed the case, I'm not sure he's wrong. 🥰)

It's cool that GMMTV's director/producer cameos can be imbued with significance beyond just the sly wink and chuckle. I'll certainly be watching out for more of them in other shows! 🤩

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moments of love (2023) dir. golf tanwarin sukkhapisit

[aprilblossomgirl]

The thing is, Yak and I– We made a short-term agreement. A very short one. It’s so short that I shouldn’t develop strong feelings toward him.

Wandee Goodday (2024) Episode Five | Dir. Golf Tanwarin Sukkhapisit

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OMG IT'S BLORBO BLEEBUS Great Sapol as YORYAK PHADETSEUK WANDEE GOODDAY (2024) - dir. Golf Tanwarin Sukkhapisit [insp ☆☆☆]

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FAVORITE KISS SCENES [4/∞] The Eclipse (2022), dir. Golf Tanwarin Sukkhapisit First Kanaphan as Akk & Khaotung Thanawat as Ayan