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![]() ![]() “There’s a lot of Hokkien in the movie because Hokkien gives it an authentic flavor. ![]() The film “881,” a musical about the trials of two getai singers called the Papaya Sisters, is beating Hollywood blockbusters like the Bourne Ultimatum and revitalizing the Hokkien language in a city where Chinese dialects have been phased out of public life. Getai, a traditional preserve of the middle-aged and performed in the seventh Chinese lunar month to entertain the living as well as the dead, is suddenly attracting hordes of young people after a hit Singaporean film has made it cool. A singer performs during getai (song stage) performance held during the Hungry Ghost Festival in Singapore August 23, 2007.
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