After ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ & ‘Countdown,’ will Hollywood ever get Singapore right?

Anna Maria Romero
Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:25:15 +0000
Entertainment, Countdown, Crazy Rich Asians, Hollywood

SINGAPORE: Last month, the United States series Countdown elicited some laughs and more than a few groans when, in depicting what was supposed to be Singapore, it showed a businessman who could only speak Malay and therefore needed an interpreter so he and the American detective and special agent could understand each other. As a …