881 (2007) on Netflix
NR20071h 55mComedyDramaMusical
Big Papaya and Little Papaya become the Papaya Sisters, a getai duo for the seventh lunar month. The Goddess of Getai blesses them, and the Durian Sisters want to sabotage them.
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- Netflix3.2/5
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Plot summary
Big Papaya and Little Papaya are two Singaporean friends who grow up loving getai, the stage-and-song shows performed during the seventh lunar month. Little Papaya, an orphan, is terminally ill with cancer. After watching a getai performance, the two begin singing together as the Papaya Sisters. Auntie Ling, who once sang getai herself, takes the sisters to her twin sister, the Goddess of Getai, for blessings. The Goddess gives the sisters the voices of the legendary Pearl Sisters and a feather each, on the condition that they respect the spirits, getai and people, avoid vulgarities and keep away from men. As the Papaya Sisters rise, Big Papaya's mother banishes her from the house for performing, and the techno-singing Durian Sisters set out to sabotage them.
Cast
- May Wan Tehas The Durian Sisters (as May)
- Choy Wan Tehas The Durian Sisters (as Choy)
- Johnny Ngas Little Papaya's Father
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about 881 (2007)
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- While promoting 881 from a truck on Orchard Road in Singapore, the cast was pelted with eggs by an unidentified assailant riding pillion; lead actress Mindee Ong later suffered an eye infection from the attack, and no charges were pressed.
- Royston Tan took just 22 days to produce 881 and only two weeks to write it, calling it the easiest and fastest script he had ever written.
