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“This is not a joke, everybody!” she insisted.<\/p>\n
Dream Stall revolves around top university graduate Enya (played by Lee), who decides to modernise their traditional family hawker business selling bak kut teh after her father (played by Mark Lee) decides to shut it down.<\/p>\n
The film also stars Xixi Lim, Jaspers Lai, Ya Hui and Xander Pang.<\/p>\n
Though some might assume the stunt was simply clever marketing, she said the decision came from a very honest place.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo over the years, I noticed that there are a lot of Singaporeans who write off local films before they even give it a shot,\u201d reasoning that she probably doesn\u2019t blame them.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause it is possible they gave it a shot once, felt disappointed, and felt they didn\u2019t want to waste the time and money again,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
In an interview with 8days.sg, Annette Lee added on that she doesn’t think Singaporeans support local just for the sake of it.<\/p>\n
“I think they should support local if they think it\u2019s good,” she explained.<\/p>\n
Sounds genuine enough. Let\u2019s be honest: How long has it been since you last genuinely enjoyed a movie in the theatres?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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