mrislam

Before a movie in Thailand, they played the national anthem. It was overlayed with various scenes of their king, very regal, overlooking crowds of people.

The scenes changed, and the king changed his parents and dress, and the crowd was made of a different group of people, by religion, age or ethnicity.

I had flashbacks of Louis XIV, an absolutist monarch leaving his mark on all art. But also, they have the people a reminder before the movie if the glory of their king, the real hero above any superstar.

Instead of a king, I would love it if there were reminders of God before a movie (in a majority Muslim area of course). It would help some people at least get out of rampant worldliness.