Singaporean dark comedy about terrorism, sex shops and loan sharks pushes boundaries of what’s acceptable in Lion City
- Online series She’s A Terrorist And I Love Her is the brainchild of Singaporean YouTubers, and is set to be shown on Facebook and YouTube channels
- HOOQ, a new video-on-demand streaming platform in Southeast Asia and India, gave show’s creators the green light to make controversial romantic comedy
Singapore is probably not the first place you’d expect to produce a dark romantic comedy series that explicitly discusses terrorism, sex shops and loan sharks.
She’s A Terrorist And I Love Her is the brainchild of Singaporean YouTubers Haresh Tilani and Terence Chia, two of a new generation of content creators who are pushing the creative boundaries in Singapore’s entertainment scene. The web series was nominated for best original programme by a streamer/OTT at the 2019 Asian Academy Creative Awards.
The show’s premise revolves around two female terrorists from an anti-capitalist cult who enter Singapore in hopes of bringing down the system – not without falling in love along the way.
As ambassadors for the YouTube Creators for Change project in 2018, Tilani and Chia were eager to create awareness about social issues, which led to a desire to shed light on darker issues in the way they know best – humour.