Monday 12 August 2024

Tida Wanorn and its multicultural impact

Tida Wanorn is one of Thailand’s most popular Lakorn franchises, with two original seasons, a depressingly off model postscript season and a softer spinoff reboot (albeit not a total continuity wide one, anyway). It’s about a Lanna foundling, Iyawadee, raised by two escaped circus orangutans and a bunch of elephants in the north of Thailand. 

Iyawadee is a pretty compelling character of all things considered.