
Featuringamixofarchivalfootageandtalking-headinterviews,"Paradoxocracy"coverssuchtopicsasthetransitionfromabsolutemonarchytoconstitutionalmonarchyinthe1930s,thepro-democracydemonstrationsandviolentcrackdownsofthe1970sand"BlackMay"in1992totheriseofthe"icecreamman",ThaksinShinawatra.<br/> Intervieweesincludehistorianand1970sstudentleaderThongchaiWanichakulandhistorianandformerThammasatUniversityrectorCharnvitKasetsiri.There'salsochulalongkornUniversityacademicChaiyanChaiyaporn,whowasarrestedafterrippinguphisballotinthe2006election,red-shirtactivistSombatBoon-ngam-anongandformerstudentactivistandSEAWriteAward-winnerJirananPitpreecha,whofledtothejungleinthe'70s.AndThammasatUnversityacademicWorajetPakeeratoftheNitiratGroupappears.He'stheguywhowasphysicallyassaultedforhisgroup'sopposingviewsofArticle112,theroyal-insultlaw.
