"I'm afraid someone will accuse me of tainting a platonic situation.
Are you satisfied with the present condition?"
-- subtitles to maudlin pop ballad on Myanmar TV, which followed a brilliant ad for the city of Nay Pyi Taw -- "Come visit our capital". Sung to a bouncy rhythm by a bouncy woman with colored lights chroma-keyed into the background; wavy arms and gyrations, a sort of budget-Bollywood aesthetic.
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