Puppets do battle in the digital age

Over the years, and now spanning a number of generations, the character of Shih Yen-wen has become a part of Taiwanese iconography. Political parties have even approached Huang to use his Shih as a spokesperson -- or spokespuppet -- and as appropriate as this might be from a superficial point of view, it would probably go against the grain of the chivalric virtues and integrity of the puppet character.