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hello, i want to learn more cantonese and i’m interested in watching funny/comedy shows with a female lead! i want to laugh, but i’m not into historical dramas or anything extremely romantic. any recommendations? 😄
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It's a pity you don't want historical dramas cos Can't Buy Me Love with Charmaine Sheh is pretty funny, and it has a very strong cast.
You're Hired 絕代商驕 should suit your requirements tho, it's modern setting, and Dayo Wong and Charmaine Sheh are really funny here.
To Catch The Uncatchable 棟篤神探 is an older series (still modern series) that's also pretty funny tho it's a bit more of a cop comedy series. Dayo Wong also stars here, he's a good comedy guy so most of his series are pretty funny imo.
thank you so much for the recommendations these all look fun! historically, i’ve never been fond of historical dramas lololol. but if Can’t Buy Me Love is that good, then i’ll have to check it out! cant wait!!!! :)
I definitely recommend Can't Buy Me Love
Yeah Can't Buy Me Love is def worth checking out! It's kinda campy and cheesy at times but there are genuinely LOL moments and the cast is spectacular. I mean, Charmaine Sheh, Linda Chung, Selena Li and Fala Chen in the same series? That amount of star power is honestly pretty amazing. Fala Chen is especially funny in this series imo, she does her character super well!
omg i’m not too familiar with HK actresses but this all sounds so amazingggg. star studded female cast AND its campy? where has it been my life!!! 😍 also i snooped lol and im a fellow moomoo too!! hiii 😄👋
Oh nice I keep finding moomoos in the wild via Reddit lol! Feel free to DM if you'd like to chat more about Mamamoo, and I hope you'll enjoy Can't Buy Me Love then!!
if u want more recent dramas, death by zero and al cappuccino are pretty good! (though the second one might be more male focused)
ooohh thank u so much! do you have any older favs too? :D
To Catch the Uncatchable is super funny but an older series.
If you don't mind long running sitcoms, I love Virtues of Harmony II and Off Pedder.
Madam Cutie on Duty and Ghost of Relativity are within the last decade.
Not necessarily female lead but I like D.I.E., Smooth Talker, Bounty Lady, House of Spirits, K9 Cop
omg i dont mind older series at all~ thank you for all the recommendations, i really appreciate it and ill check them out!! 😄
seven sisters.
Virtues of Harmony 2 is a modern one, not with a single female lead though... more so a family lead.
War of the Genders with Carol Cheng (Dodo) and Dayo is a classic.
My Sister of Eternal Flower