| Qi Yu
Yu , Mindee Ong , Yeo Yann Yann , Liu Ling Ling.
Royston Tan is bringing
getai, a dance and sing stage performance from Singapore, which
would only be performed on the Chinese seventh lunar month, onto
the big screen. And created a pair of sisters named 881.
Entitled 881, it is the pronunciation in Mandarin, which sounds
like papaya, a tropical fruit. Here, we have a pair of sisters named
Papaya sisters, which was named after Big Papaya (Yeo Yann Yann)
and Small Papaya (Mindee Ong), who shares the same interest of listening
to Hokkien songs from the late Hokkien singer Chen Jin Lang. They
become good friends and with the help from Sister Ling (Liu LingLing,
a popular getai host in Singapore) and her son Guan Yin (Qi Yuwu),
they rise to popularity at the getai for their performance in Hokkien
songs.
Soon, their popularity leads to the jealousy of Durian sisters (May
and Choy, the MTV VJ in Asia), and they create troubles for Papaya
sisters, which leads to the final showdown for both Papaya and Durian
on the last day of Seventh month in a competition. Winners will
remain in the Seventh month industry, while losers will have to
stop performing forever. |