To commemorate 30 years of Channel 8 drama productions, “Joys of Life” is a massive star-studded drama which continues the legacy of “Wok of Life” and “Springs of Life”. Going back in time to the 1950s – 1960s, viewers can experience what life was like when mobile getai was all the rage. Chew Chor Meng takes centrestage in this series, starring alongside Rui En, Chen Li Ping and Taiwanese idols Wang Xin Ru and Alien Huang (Xiao Gui).
Joys of Life
Debuts 26 June, Ch 8, Weeknights, 9PM
Sometimes the best way to move forward is to take a look back at what got you here. Ch 8 celebrates 30 years of local drama with a nostalgic trip back to the great, great Technicolor world of getai. This year’s Joys of Life is the final chapter of a retrospective trilogy that includes 1999’s Wok of Life and 2002’s Spring of Life which offered peeks at the goings-on of a zichar restaurant and a cabaret troupe respectively. Joys brings us into the lives of three buddies – fame-hungry Mingxing (Taiwanese actor-host Alien Huang), mousy and self-effacing Zibin (Andie Chen) and the playful, reckless Yiduo (Zhang Yaodong) – who set up a getai business in ’60s Singapore. Except swinging musical numbers, gorgeous period sets and fashionably mod threads, as well as fun celeb cameos in a story about friendship, romance and betrayal. It’s, in short, a take about the days of being wild.
Foreign Talent: Singaporeans know Taiwanese actor-host Alien Huang (flanked by Cynthia Wang, left, and Rui En), best as a kopitiam boy in Michelle Chong’s movie, Already Famous. To prepare for his first Ch 8 leading role, the 28-year old actor picked up Cantonese and Malay to sound more local.
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