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Miguel Ferreira
May 14, 2021
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In 2019 Netflix wanted to create a trailer to promote Narcos Mexico in Thailand.

The problem? Narcos Mexico is filled with drugs, guns, war weapons, explosions...and sex scenes. 

And Netflix needed the approval of a committee of bureaucrats, the Thai Censorship Board.

But this wasn't going to be an easy job. Because the bureaucrats behind the Thai Censorsh…

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