A: Wanna go to a movie after work? I wanna see “Marry My Dead Body.”
B: Is that a horror movie? The title’s a little scary.
A: Well, it’s actually a BL (Boys’ Love)-themed comedy, which tells the story of the “ghost marriage” between a straight policeman and a gay ghost.
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B: A “ghost marriage?”
A: It’s the folk custom of a union between a human and a ghost. Usually, family members of the dead leave a red wedding envelope in the street. Whoever picks it up is seen as the match chosen by the ghost.
A: 下班要不要去看電影？我想看《關於我和鬼變成家人的那件事》。
B: 是恐怖片嗎？片名聽起來有一點可怕。
A: 其實是BL（男男戀）主題的喜劇啦，是直男警察和同志男鬼「冥婚」的故事唷。
B: 什麼是「冥婚」啊？
A: 就是一種人鬼通婚的民間習俗，死者的家人會把紅包丟在地上，撿到的人就是亡魂挑上的對象。
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
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