And surprisingly not me. Since it's just past Sunday, I'm talking about Frontpage - and I'm not talking about the headlines but the new drama series on NTV7. If you'd recall a bunch of ladies amongst the small coterie of journalists in that local drama, there's a chilly ice queen with frizzy curls, snazzy shades and a penchant to be bitchy without provocation? Rebecca Anuar gets her day though she doesn't look at all pleased to get it!
An interview with Jack Lee!
My delicious Jack Lee isn't too pleased either. Rather than stay obediently in the sidelines as she's handed a choice assignment on a star athlete's shocking death, he tries to lend a hand - though our snooty antisocial Rebecca ( with a touch of misandry ) doesn't appreciate his high-handed interference at all. Her distrust of men becomes apparent - as are the traumatic reasons behind them - as Rebecca start probing into the case matter.
Well she's proof positive that bitches are made, not born. Childhood trauma aside, I see no reason for that ginormous boulder on her shoulder and if I were working with her, she'd get more than a piece of my mind. Forget about weepy empathy, I fight fire with fire.
Rebecca : Why are you standing there? Get out of my way.
Paul : Are you always this nasty or do you just love eating babies for breakfast?
Rebecca : Why! That's just..
Paul : What? Rude? Bitchy? Mean? I learnt it from you, darling.
Then again, the frizz could be reason enough for anyone to be permanently pissed.
Third episode in and I'm glad to say that Frontpage has certainly raised the bar for the rest of the drama series on the local telly. Interesting storylines, catchy script with enough emphasis on the individual characters to draw us into their lives. Then again raised the bar is far too nice - left the rest floundering in the dust is more like it. Hear that Ampang Medikal?
And they have characters who actually speak in local dialects - Hokkien to be specific - without appearing in the least apologetic. Kewlness. Even Jack Lee tried his valiant best at broken Hokkien.
Fret not if you missed the earlier episodes, tune in on the ntv7 webpage.
2 comments:
Strange, somehow I never have any interests with locally produced series. Either they are too pretentious or just plain absurd. But judging from the hype of what you'd blogged, prolly it's worth checking out perhaps?
Definitely worth checking out. Give it a try. YOu can even see it online, nase.
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