Producers: Ng Say Yong, Toong Soo Wei, Johnny Lau, Benny Koh, Tong Khoon MunCast: Jaspers Lai, Joey Pink, Farah Lola, Dasa Dharamahsena, Jo Tan, Mark KinoshitaSINGAPORE — Mr Kiasu, the '90s comic book icon which was made into a Channel 5 sitcom starring Chew Chor Meng, has been resurrected by mm2 Entertainment as a reboot web series, Mr Kiasu 2.0, streaming on Mediacorp's meWatch.
Firstly, does "kiasu-ism" – the fear of losing out to others, the drive to outcompete others by any means – even resonate with Singaporeans any more? The Mr Kiasu comics were cute two or three decades ago because they reflected genuine social attitudes, even if the norm of kiasu-ism was more negative than desirable.
In any case, the producers couldn't even commit to the original Kiasu character. Jaspers doesn't sport the iconic crew cut hairstyle which Chew Chor Meng bore in the TV adaptation, and the kiasu-ness of this incarnation of Kiasu extends merely as far as hogging office pastries for himself. The writers attempted to update the franchise by placing this iteration of Kiasu in a tech start-up that makes smartwatches, as well as giving him purported mental health problems to reflect today's awareness of mental health issues. But he mostly spends his time getting into farcical shenanigans with plots that make no sense – in one episode, he kidnaps a colleague who never recognises him through his voice under his gunnysack-over-head disguise.
Being cancer-stricken and begging CPF Board to repay overdue debt; that which in any case cannot be done as the money had been commingled and funneled to private entity Temasek Holdings for Ho Ching to wager on unviable, untenable and ultimately, invariably doomed gambles
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