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8	''Betelnut Beauty'' (Chinese title: 愛你愛我) is a Taiwanese romantic comedy by Lin Cheng-sheng, released in 2001. It stars Li Xinjie (a.k.a. Lee Sin-jie and Angelica Lee) and Creator/ChangChen.
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10	While the plot is ostensibly about the relationship between a young drifter and a betelnut salesgirl, the main interest of the movie is its depiction of a quintessentially Taiwanese phenomenon, the sale of betelnuts from transparent roadside booths by young women, who attract the attention of prospective customers by wearing outrageously skimpy clothing.
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13	!!''Betelnut Beauty'' provides examples of the following tropes:
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15	%%* BoyMeetsGirl: Feng and Fei-fei.
16	* DangerTakesABackseat: Happens to Guang, a small-time crook who gets on a rival mobster's wrong side.
17	* GenkiGirl: Fei-fei. Bordering on ManicPixieDreamGirl in her relationship with Feng.
18	* GoingToTheStore: Fei-fei runs away from home by claiming she's just going to buy groceries.
19	%%* GoodBadGirl: Yili.
20	* HappyRain: Fei-fei, annoyed by her mother, steps outside just as a summer downpour is falling. She releases pent-up frustration with a long shout, and Feng joins her under the rain.
21	%%* SexSells
22	* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:Feng gets killed because his cell phone was ringing.]]
23	%%* TheSlacker: Feng.
24	%%* {{Stripperiffic}}: The betenult salesgirls' outfits.
25	* TheTriadsAndTheTongs: The local betelnut trade is under the unofficial control of one Mr. Ming, a mobster.
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