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Saphan Kwai Phahon Theatre Bangkok

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I've posted about thus place a few trips back, I believe. It was very subdued at the time. When I first discovered it two decades ago, it was more like the scene you describe above, especially on weekends when university students and off-duty military types from nearby base converged on the cinema. On weekdays the crowd was dominated by working class guys on way home.

I'm quite surprised that it has realized such a resurgence. It's located only a few minutes walk from the Saphan Kwai BTS . Nearby you'll find the 39 Underground Sauna and a handful of massage shops. The K-Man shop is located on the opposite side of road.

The films used to be hard-core western and Asian straight porn. Later it transitioned to more mainstream action and drama videos.

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Yes, the scene at Phahoon started to die once the bloated, pasty, wrinkled, hairy old farang started showing-up. It is very much a Thai for Thai scene there and the bloated old hairballs were the last thing the Thais wanted. Many of them simply stopped coming ( please avoid the urge to attempt a tired pun ).

Conversely, the reported decline of the Phahon scene has dissuaded the pasty old hairballs from trekking "all the way" there, which has encouraged the Thais to return. I wonder if your post will lead to a second decline for it...

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33 minutes ago, Department_Of_Agriculture said:

Conversely, the reported decline of the Phahon scene has dissuaded the pasty old hairballs from trekking "all the way" there, which has encouraged the Thais to return. I wonder if your post will lead to a second decline for it...

I was initially rather shocked that your one visit, DOA, brought about such a marked reversal in form. But now that I think about, perhaps it's not so strange after all.

In any case, quite gallant of you to own up to it.🙂

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