"Pao Ching-tien," a serial drama about an honest mandarin, has been leading the television ratings war as of late. The battles of the elections for the Legislative Yuan showed that the people want to see something similar on the political stage in Taiwan. Trying to woo people's votes, politicians have been shouting out their lines according to script, trying to be cast as the leads in this new drama.
去年年底二屆立委之役清楚顯示，民眾喜歡看的是「包青天」式的清廉大戲，因此，對「民意」必須保持敏感的立法委員們，為了贏得選票，都必須在這齣新戲碼中搶到角色，賣力演出。