S M Ong: Is ‘Best’ of Phua Chu Kang on Netflix really the best?

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A bunch of old local movies and TV shows started streaming on Netflix this month with more coming soon. One that is particularly close to my heart is Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd. If you watch the first episode, the first credit you see after the opening titles is 'Written by Ong...

For example, in an episode called Yum Seng, someone in a men's room bumps into a wall and the wall moves!

Thanks, Netflix, for making me relive that mistake two decades later and exposing it to a whole new generation.My woke 20-year-old zoomer daughter is appalled by an episode co-written by me called Excuse Me, Are You An Aquarius, where"Aquarius" is used as a substitute for a local term that could be considered a homophobic slur. You know what I'm talking about.

My daughter is even more horrified by an episode where Rosie acts like a dog and is put on a leash. But I wasn't involved in that one so not everything is my fault.

 

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