劇情大綱 Synopsis
變裝皇后李家好因為同志身分被父親趕出家門，與家人鮮少往來。母親菊花嫂雖然對他掛念，但還是與丈夫同一陣線。適逢年初一，父親離世，家好奔喪時發現母親患有失智症。哥哥李家強表明沒辦法照顧她，於是家好毅然決定擔下這個責任。
看顧初期，母親抗拒被家好照顧；但失智症讓她喪失了獨立與記憶。某夜，家好表演完忘了卸妝就回家，母親嚇了一跳。為了讓她冷靜，家好撒謊說其實她生了一男一女；而她竟然信以為真。
家好帶著調皮和一絲復仇的心理，企圖重組母親的記憶，重溫年少時與母親無法完成的一些活動。在母親接受他為「女兒」的狀態下，家好的同性生活得到肯定，並得以讓男朋友David正名。孰料，隨著母子關係逐漸親密，家好才發現自己原來不是親生的。
A Drag Queen, Jia-hao, was chased out of his house by his father for his sexual orientation. His mother chose to be the father’s side despite yearning for him to stay. During one Chinese New Year day, Jia-hao’s father passed away and his mother is diagnosed with dementia. As his brother Jia-qiang is unable to take care of her, Jia-hao takes on the duties.
Dementia slowly makes the proud Mother dependant on Jia-hao unwillingly. She gradually loses her memory and causes anguish to Jia-hao. One night, a tired Jia-hao forgets to remove his makeup and comes home to a shocked Mother. In her hysteria, she threatens to call the police but Jia-hao pulls a stunt by telling her he is actually her daughter!
Mother actually believes him and he wickedly devises a plan to correct past regrets between them and create new memories of those scenarios. Through a series of events, mother and son get closer and Jia-hao’s homosexual lifestyle gets accepted. His boyfriend, David, is recognized officially during this time. As their relationship levels up, Jia-hao discovers the secret that he was adopted many years ago.
創作理念 Director’s Statement
《男兒王》的籌備，讓我走進變裝皇后這個被邊緣化的行業。在做田野調查時，我赫然發現在新加坡光鮮亮麗的市容中，隱藏著一組被冷落與摒棄的族群。21世紀，新加坡對同志族群仍帶著保守思想所延伸而來的排斥，甚至仇視。
我希望藉由《好孩子》溫馨喜劇的方式，賦予失智者正能量的關懷，同時也為被邊緣化的同性戀者發聲；甚至大膽假設：難道這個社會要經歷如同失智症一樣的災難性洗禮，才可以忘掉之前禮教留下的束縛嗎？
While researching for “Number 1” I was exposed to a marginalized community residing in the shadow of Singapore’s beautiful facade.
In this age, Singapore’s society retains a conservative opinion towards the LGBTQ. Believing there’s an orthodox majority, some members of this society proceed to demonize them; and some older generations treat their homosexual offsprings as shameful outcast.
Besides providing a positive outlook in tackling dementia, I aim to start a discourse in challenging this conditioned prejudice and further hypothesize if this society, as a whole, needs to suffer from dementia so as to unshackle itself from the past structural discrimination.