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Sep. 24th, 2023 10:51 pmOk, I just watched Marry my Dead Body trailer (IMDB for more details) -wherein homophobic policeman Wu Ming-han (plus his name is a homophone for "no-name guy" lol) somehow finds himself married to a male ghost and must help Mao Pang-yu, said ghost, to resolve his issues. It's pretty hilarious and yes, Ming-han eventually lets go of his homophobia (as well as his sexist views - but that's the subplot).
What's enjoyable is how easily it takes into changes in Taiwan: now that Taiwan has legalised same sex-marriage, naturally a yin-yang marriage can take place between men, and even the Taoist priest performing the rites blithely calls them partner 1 and partner 0 (Ming-han retorts it should be partner 1 and partner 2 lol). There is no romantic overtones between the male leads: the plot is all about the investigations Ming-han is involved in, and somehow those connect to Pang-yu as well. Eventually Ming-han grows as a person? ^_^
Although I must roll my eyes at the depiction of policework, it's muchly a mess. Either artistic license or the movie writers have some misunderstanding of it? I keep expecting Infernal Affairs and I get... Oh well, at least it makes my terrible HIStory fics all the more forgivable.
What's enjoyable is how easily it takes into changes in Taiwan: now that Taiwan has legalised same sex-marriage, naturally a yin-yang marriage can take place between men, and even the Taoist priest performing the rites blithely calls them partner 1 and partner 0 (Ming-han retorts it should be partner 1 and partner 2 lol). There is no romantic overtones between the male leads: the plot is all about the investigations Ming-han is involved in, and somehow those connect to Pang-yu as well. Eventually Ming-han grows as a person? ^_^
Although I must roll my eyes at the depiction of policework, it's muchly a mess. Either artistic license or the movie writers have some misunderstanding of it? I keep expecting Infernal Affairs and I get... Oh well, at least it makes my terrible HIStory fics all the more forgivable.