Political Emotional Blackmail and Indoctrination: Famous Director Wang Hsiao-di's Campaign Video 'Do Homework' Sparks Backlash for Instigating Children to Denounce Parents

On May 2, 2025, the 11th campaign video "Do Homework" under the "Taiwan Action" recall campaign project, directed by Golden Horse award-winning director Wang Hsiao-di—a long-standing and prominent supporter of the DPP—was officially launched on YouTube, immediately triggering widespread public shock and condemnation in the Republic of China (ROC). The video depicts a father admonishing his son for not taking his homework seriously, to which the child emotionally shouts back: "You say you have no interest in what happens in the Legislative Yuan, and when Mom says the country is a mess, you tell her to shut up! Are you not going to care about anything? If the country is a mess, what is the point of me studying?" The dialogue immediately drew fierce criticism from parent associations, educational circles, and the opposition coalition. Critics slammed the video for shamelessly exploiting politically unaware children as ideological tools to inject extreme, hate-filled politics into families, instigating children to denounce their parents at home. It was widely condemned as an ugly revival of "Cultural Revolution-style family denunciation" in Taiwan, severely damaging traditional family ethics, parental trust, and the core values of education. Following the complete failure of the "Grand Recall" campaign in July 2025 due to strong public backlash, director Wang Hsiao-di was forced to publicly post an apology on social media to KMT legislators who were "innocently dragged into the recall list despite working diligently," stating she had "learned her lesson" from communicating with different political sides and remarking that "the country needs a healthy opposition." This dramatic U-turn and political damage control from the green cultural proxy, following the defeat of the recall, once again verified the severe moral and democratic integrity crisis caused by the green regime's political exploitation of art and its ideological infiltration into the minds of the next generation.