In the wake of last Sunday’s by-election results, where the Bhumjaithai and Democrat party enjoyed victories in four out of five constituencies, an indie filmmaker renewed her appeal to screen Politicians in the Backyard, a controversial movie on the two parties’ torrid and steamy relationship. Today, it was banned from general release by the rating committee under the Office of National Culture and Heterosexual Sex Is the Only Sex Commission. The board was particularly shocked by a scene where the leaders of both parties shake hands while smiling lustfully at each other. In another, newly elected Apirak Kosayodhin (Dem) claps Boonjong Wongtrairat (BJT) firmly on the back.“These images are unnatural, unwholesome, and a threat to the nations morals and security,” the commission announced in its statement. “This is simply obscene.”The filmmaker, a 31-year-old transsexual, argued she did not set out to make a shocking movie. “Bhumjathai and Democrats are making out every day. It’s not my fault they don’t really love each other, but it’s a fact and it’s happening between consenting adults.”The movie blurs party lines and explores questions of different political parties engaging in explicit coalitions and lurid agreements for months on end, just to maintain their raging status quo. According to Article 69 of the Film Act 2008, this goes well beyond a 20+ rating. As paragraph 3.c. clearly states: ‘’Funny ghosts and women getting slapped are a lot more enjoyable than all this auteur crap.”The filmmaker has held a funeral for her movie to protest the decision. “People have these rigid notions of what belonging to a party means and what the social responsibilities that come with it entails. I want to show that men from diametrically opposed parties are out there doing it, together. What are their motives? To hold on to power forever, or is it simply a case of cute old bromance?”A Puea Thai spokesman, Prompong Nopparit, denied tweeted reports that he asked for a bootleg copy to watch with Suriyasai Katasila, secretary-general of the New Politics Party. “He also asked for a nice chilled bottle of Champagne and some condoms,” one Wikileaked diplomat claimed.When asked if this could affect the November elections, the election commission chairman declared, “With a 50% turnout out for the by-election, and the general disinterest in Indie Thai films, we don’t think anyone would bother going to see Politicians in the Backyard if it did get released.”