In “Farangs,” a short story by Thai-American writer Rattawut Lapcharoensap, a guesthouse owner grumbles about foreign tourists and their narrow tastes. “P—y and elephants,” she says. “That’s all these people want.”
Actually, we foreigners want much more. We want a drug-dealing monkey and an ass-kicking monk. We want a facial tattoo, men with breasts, and Mike Tyson tunelessly singing “One Night in Bangkok.” And we get them all in The Hangover Part II, a sequel to the highest-grossing R-rated comedy in U.S. box-office history.
