Editing Patpong (section)

==In media==
Many Western films have featured Patpong, including ''[[The Deer Hunter]]'' (1978).<ref>{{cite web |title=7 Movie Locations in Bangkok - Bangkok.com Magazine |url=http://www.bangkok.com/magazine/7-movie-locations.htm |website=bangkok.com |access-date=19 December 2018}}</ref> The final part of the musical ''[[Miss Saigon]]'' (1989) is set in the Patpong bar scene.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}

In ''[[Swimming to Cambodia]]'', [[Spalding Gray]] discussed the red light district of Patpong and its prostitutes, saying there wasn't much else to see in Bangkok save the [[Golden Buddha (statue)|Gold Buddha]] during the day and the whorehouses at night.

The song ''[[Welcome to Thailand]]'' from the 1987 studio album of the same name by the [[Thai rock]] band [[Carabao (band)|Carabao]] contains the lyrics: ''"Tom, Tom, where you go last night?... I love Meuang Thai. I like Patpong''{{-"}}.  The song complains that ''[[Farang]]'' tourists (Westerners) are often attracted to the sleazy side of Thailand (the sex tourism of Patpong and Pattaya).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://carabaoinenglish.com/song-translations/welcome-to-thailand|title=เวลคัมทูไทยแลนด์ Welcome to Thailand|work=carabaoinenglish.com|date=26 July 2015 |access-date=22 January 2019}}</ref>

The movie ''[[Baraka (film)|Baraka]]'' features several shots of strippers in Patpong.<ref>{{cite web |title=Patpong, Bangkok, a filming location from the film Baraka |url=http://www.barakasamsara.com/location/patpong-bangkok |website=www.barakasamsara.com |access-date=19 December 2018 |language=en |date=3 November 2011}}</ref>

The 1994 book ''Patpong Sisters: An American Woman's View of the Bangkok Sex World'' by [[Cleo Odzer]] describes the experiences of an anthropologist doing field research in Thailand.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Odzer|first1=Cleo|title=Patpong Sisters: An American Woman's View of the Bangkok Sex World|date=1994|publisher=Arcade Publishing|isbn=978-1559702812| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9NolzPvCHgoC|access-date=19 February 2018}}</ref>

''Patpong: Bangkok's Twilight Zone'' (2001, by Nick Nostitz) is a photographic depiction of aspects of the Patpong night life.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Nostitz|first1=Nick|title=Patpong: Bangkok's Twilight Zone|date=2001|publisher=Westzone|isbn= 978-0953743827|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lusJAQAAMAAJ|access-date=19 February 2018}}</ref>

The 2008 book ''Ladyboys: The Secret World of Thailand's Third Gender'' paints a portrait of Thailand's [[kathoey]]s.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Aldous|first1=Susan|last2=Sereemongkonpol|first2=Pornchai|title=Ladyboys: The Secret World of Thailand's Third Gender|date=2008|publisher=Maverick House|isbn=9781905379484|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xmDpHgAACAAJ|access-date=19 February 2018}}</ref>

''Patpong opera'' is a collection of songs written by Kevin Wood, manager of Radio City, to tunes of modern rock songs. Together they tell the story of the people in Patpong.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wood|first1=Kevin|title=Bangkok|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HccH53qD-9w |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/HccH53qD-9w| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|website=YouTube|date=9 October 2012 |access-date=19 February 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Patpong serves as part of the setting in Tom Robbins' book ''[[Villa Incognito]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Robbins |first1=Tom |title=Villa Incognito |date=2014 |publisher=Rowohlt E-Book |isbn=9783644039810 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RxSZAgAAQBAJ&q=Patpong+Villa+Incognito&pg=PT71 |language=de}}</ref>