Netflix flaunt Thai censorship laws to promote Narcos
Netflix wanted to promote Narcos Mexico in Thailand.
However the Thai authorities are notorious for very tough censorship stance – and the show is pretty much wall-to-wall drug taking, sex and violence.
So instead of deleting offending scenes from the trailer, Netflix just cut around the offending images within each scene – leaving the silhouettes perfectly intact.
Netflix “Narcos – the censor’s cut”, trailer promotes the message that ‘this ad was cut out due to inappropriate content’.
Agency: J. Walter Thompson, Bangkok
