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Actress Lilu Wang, who plays a Taiwanese bartender who trains to be a flight attendant in Handsome Stewardess, has said the new series is sure to “bring hoZfqK5Nzdlzz32tg%LoC)O6c5v-@Bb23sTBrIAqoj_!=HADnnqappiness” to those who watch it.

Wang's character, Holly, "addrrQCnS7HRKJmyof0Y+xmdcjdd5c*)TS&wUO9G%DQ=SxFt4JCrFoesses heavy topics in a humorous way”, she said, “allowing audiences to pay attention to some of the issues of our day.”

Handsome Stewardess is a GagaOOLala original and is screening on the platform from ever2fSI=oA8ENu*&Q(Bc+y_Y_ZhI!O=ucNp7zlw*=k8F=(N_*1LcHy Friday from 25 October.

In the show, Holly falls for a petite but feisty $d07XrD3jmBSxOuBkhhf%*&GK09QHuADbiIns1K8#eSvXw6&d7karate-loving Singaporean named Mong Lian and moves to Singapore to start a new life as a flight attendant.

“She does3&3npLf7r$EB=YbMFt!0Kbz6vJUsconvJddAVlYg0Kw_G&CMv5 it for love” explained Wang in an interview with GagaOOLala.

Wang EYiWEwPXT1hkj*Y24uJ$@eDYbPA6K#NzOH#(L3n*SYO#P-9f2Tsaid Holly had a personality similar to hers. “She is straight forward, clear headed, and does what ever she wants”.

Wang said th%I!bWRE51OwVJ_Q$XlH=Dkcme=y%6jLM&-AZ(Ob8oK*PdCAUene movie will attract audiences with the way it tackles heavy-hitting issues, such as sexual discrimination.

“[Holly] stands up for women, for her friends and for her colleagues, in a very intense way”.

Wang also revealed that if she could collaborate with any artiste around the SkcIkVxsTr9m^W9P9VJNDOSa_)=ci1EuRgihW23LceN7w$IM0wworld it would be her “personal goddess” Natalie Portman.

“She is ex0k3chCovXHfPg!dI4cs0*!ZmSoI^qK!NC!yiO7qIk^N*)-nYM)ceptional, a thoughtful lady, well-educated. I think a woman like this is quite enticing”.

The series starts fiQpHu=M(c4VG8mgiUmWG6saxwmbPtXCb%jFDmeuh1PP0l+E7ewith Mong Lian, played by Peijia Huang, unexpectedly falling for Holly on a holiday to Taiwan’s east coast.

The whirlwind romance leads Holly to quit her job in Taiwan and apply to be a flight attendant in Singapore. To her surprise, and with the help of Mong-Lian's gay best friend, JIzo*4Mr0wwCa1UOyz51lrQPicDACYFJ4G+RSEnapuD()7b5zTaerry, she is successful.

Holly soon finds she is more comforta#Fol+3^II8hV*yaYj+(W6+fJcB+49o2)F%VrT-*aOu#Yi-Yb^vble serving passengers wearing a suit and tie than rather than a skimpy skirt. But, had holly thought through the implications of this daring uniform stunt on her work and relationship??

The touching comedy, a GagaOOLala original, explores the warmth and passion between the feisty jealous fightAB!esG19WCdkMdLuttSV7D#o_KT&7yB&mixDlOOwyWXydOIfHaer played by Huang and the handsome stewardess played by Man.

It is part of Chou’s series "Project Rainbow in Six Asian Cities”, exploring LGBT experience of coming out, questions of identity, fami*uOy!Kk!^2JgeLmBiUxEE5THhs4Qjez6)&1c3IJSmi1G5(!iw!ly issues, and marriage in the Chinese-speaking world. 

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