Glossy Thai Series ‘Master of the House’ Takes Netflix Global Chart Lead as It Portrays ‘Privilege’ and ‘Oppression’
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief In a first for a Thai-produced show, murder-mystery series “Master of the House” has taken the top spot in Netflix’s weekly Global Non-English series chart.
The streamer said that, in its second week of availability, the seven-part series ranked first on its Global Top 10 TV (Non-English) list for the week of July 22-28.
Additionally, it appeared in the top ten charts of 63 countries and territories. The show centers around a hugely wealthy diamond merchant who, in high style, uses the occasion of a birthday banquet to shock his family with the news that he has married one of his maids and that the woman will inherit his vast fortune.
His subsequent death in a fall from a balcony inevitably sets off a round of infighting between his new wife and his disappointed relatives.Thailand is a deeply conservative society with a clearly hierarchical culture, which the filmmakers sought to replicate and amplify.
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