''Talking Cock the Movie'' is a Singapore film released in May 2002. It is the brainchild of
Colin Goh
Colin Goh () is a Singaporean film maker, satirist and cartoonist. He was a former practicing attorney who has turned to full-time writing and illustration.
Goh first rose to prominence with his comic strip, ''The Concrete Jungle'', which appeare ...
, founder of Singaporean website,
TalkingCock.com, which satirises local current affairs and politics, highlighting the importance of supporting
free speech
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in
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...
.
About
The film includes the use of
Malay,
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, na ...
, various
Chinese dialects, as well as the unique blend of
vernacular
A vernacular or vernacular language is in contrast with a "standard language". It refers to the language or dialect that is spoken by people that are inhabiting a particular country or region. The vernacular is typically the native language, n ...
English called
Singlish
Singlish (a portmanteau of ''Singapore'' and ''English'') is an English-based creole language spoken in Singapore. Singlish arose out of a situation of prolonged language contact between speakers of many different languages in Singapore, inc ...
. The film was completely subtitled in English.
Cast
The film stars non-professional locals plucked from the heartland, in several scenes depicting the lives of exaggerated stereotype characters of the heartland.
Story
The film features four short stories, linked by a series of sketches and animated sequences based on some of TalkingCock.com's most popular characters, such as the ''Turbanator'' and ''Lim Peh''. The stories are briefly as follows:
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A young polytechnic graduate wants to ''dotcom'' his father's
loan shark
A loan shark is a person who offers loans at extremely high interest rates, has strict terms of collection upon failure, and generally operates outside the law.
Description
Because loan sharks operate mostly illegally, they cannot reasonably ...
business. A wry look at an old profession's collision with the new economy.
Wrong Number
It is about a young man who loses his mobile phone in a taxi, and the strange circumstances that ensue when he meets the person who has found it.
Steam
A young girl working in a
dim sum
Dim sum () is a large range of small Chinese dishes that are traditionally enjoyed in restaurants for brunch. Most modern dim sum dishes are commonly associated with Cantonese cuisine, although dim sum dishes also exist in other Chinese cuis ...
shop decides to woo one of her customers... with unexpected results.
Razi Learns To Rock
A hard rock band scrambles to find a substitute after losing their lead singer and has to educate him in the art of being cool.
Auntie Auntie Power
An office worker insults a tea-lady. Unbeknownst to him, the tea-lady has a network of friends, who she enlists to enact revenge. They taint the man's soup with laxatives, pour itching powder on his toilet-paper, and fine him for illegal parking before he can drive off.
External links
*
Talking Cock the Movie at the ''Internet Movie Database''
2002 films
2002 comedy films
Singaporean comedy films
2000s English-language films
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