I had not watched 881 but i think it is a good movie from the numerous reviews on newspaper. i think i should wait for the VCD instead
I felt that this movie is nice because:
Firstly, it reflect how getai work in singapore....
Secondly, it make people appreciate their dialect more - in this case, if u noticed, getai songs are always in Hokkein and i can understand hokkein...
Thirdly, it make me love hokkein songs as well.
I esp love this song that i heard on youtube:
This is sung by a Malaysian singer, xiao fengfeng. The song said the life of an ill-fated woman using lotus sing in 12 months, one lotus for each month saying how hard and difficult life is for the woman.
Actually mum got dozens of CD from taiwan and singapore Hokkein singers. Mum's favourite singer is the late 'Chen Jinlang' that was very famous in Getai too till his death last year from cancer. If u read the news, 881 - the movie is dedicated to the late chen jinlang. I wonder why mum's favourite hokkein singer is not the 'mingzhu sisters' that helped to sing the songs in 881 for the characters of the Papaya sisters. Frankly speaking, i did not listen to any songs sung by mingzhu sister until this movie came out. I remember in one interview, one of the producers of 881 said that mingzhu sister produced CDs that are more than the now popular sun yanzi. I am now "huh, is it so? how come i do not really remember their songs".
The thing about Understand Hokkein and listening to Hokkein songs are two different things - i can under what ppl speak in Hokkein but when songs are concerned, i can only half-understand the songs. The subtitle really help a lot.
The song from 881 is really nice - bit of hokkein and lot sing in chinese.
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