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Ad Sparks International Incident

By AAN Staff
june 27, 2002  11:08 am
Ad Sparks International Incident
Thailand has threatened to cut off relations with the United States beause of an ad run in the Philadelphia City Paper. "The ad -- which depicts [Thai King Bhumibol] Adulyadej as a bling-bling hipster with bleached highlights, lines shaved into his hair, stone-encrusted glasses and a shirt that sports an Adidas logo" was run by a suburban housewife for her restaurant, Howard Altman writes.
View full article at Philadelphia City Paper
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