#THREE FINGER SALUTE HUNGER GAMES MOVIE#

The leader of the coup, and now Thai PM Prayut Chan-o-cha, remains a key target of the young protesters.ДЄmongst their grievances, they demand the standing down of the prime minister, the dismissal of the current government, new elections, and a new constitution to replace the 2017 Charter.Д¬ontroversially, the protesters are also taking aim at ThailandвЂ™s revered Monarchy, up until recently a taboo topic that would never be discussed in polite Thai conversation, let alone be criticised publicly.Дuring an August protest this year a 10 point manifesto was read out, listing the grievances against the un-elected government but also, for the first time, publicly voiced demands for reform of the countryвЂ™s Head of State including its powers and perceived interference with Thai politics. The same salute was first used in Thailand after the military coup in 2014 to show defiance against the unelected Junta which had seized power from the elected Yingluck Shinawatra government. The first Hunger Games film was released in 2012.

The drama of the symbolism wasnвЂ™t lost on the young Thais who drew their own parallels and вЂownedвЂ™ the gesture as their own.

#THREE FINGER SALUTE HUNGER GAMES MOVIE#

In the Hunger Games movie franchise, the residents of a dystopian future North America, forced to compete in a televised death match for the pleasure of the elite вЂ“ used the gesture to mean thanks, admiration and goodbye to someone they love.Д«ut in the Hunger Games the symbolic gesture morphs into a more general symbol of an uprising against the privileged, totalitarian overlords, protected by a zealous military.

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